This is because the Himalaya will probably look much the same ... There is an orderly progression of sediments in front of the foothills. Larger boulders appear first, followed by pebbles, and ...

In the days of Mallory and Irvine, it took a five-week walk from Darjeeling, in the Indian foothills of the Himalaya, to arrive at this spot. One gradually gains altitude on the high Tibetan plain ...