Everest, about 60 million years ago, was the rapid movement of India northward toward the continent of EuroAsia; Click here for a present-day map of the ... of India with Asia we must first ...

Asia is the world’s largest continent ... range is home to the highest mountain peak on earth, Mount Everest. The Himalayas were created when the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates collided ...

From there, we embarked on a slow journey up into the Himalaya. Soon the smooth tarmac roads disappeared, and we needed a 4x4 to navigate the rough tracks that wound their way into the mountains.