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<p>This 2011 photo courtesy of SNV Nepal, Great Himalaya Trail Development Programme shows trekker Susanne Stein, 44, center, as she poses for a photograph with mountain guides Gumbo Sherpa, left, Tashi Sherpa, second from right, and Lakpa Dendi Sherpa during a Great Himalayan Trail (GHT) hike in Nepal. In the shadow of Mount Everest and its magnetic lore, a cross-border route with a grand name, the Great Himalaya Trail, is being touted as an epic, untapped alternative to the bucket-list trek to base camp on the world's highest mountain. (AP Photo/SNV Nepal, Great Himalaya Trail Development Programme)</p>

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January 12, 2012 8:15 p.m.

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Try the Himalayan range, all of it

In the shadow of Mount Everest and its magnetic lore, a cross-border route with a grand name, the Great Himalaya Trail, is being touted as an epic, untapped alternative to the bucket-list trek to base camp on the world's highest mountain.