Cycling mania will hit downtown Santa Rosa May 13, when more than 35,000 people are expected to watch the first stage of the eight-day Amgen Tour of California.

The Amgen Tour of California is one of the nation’s largest and most recognized annual sporting events. This prestigious cycling road race draws elite professional teams and athletes from around the world including many Tour de France competitors.

From downtown Santa Rosa, the first stage of the race will traverse a 116-mile circuit that will take cyclists on a scenic but challenging trek through the Sonoma County Wine Country, Russian River area and the Sonoma Coast. The race is expected to take about four hours.

Tour-related activities before and during the race include:

1. group returned to hiking Mount Everest base camp earlier this month launch event in Nepal Himalaya Travel Chomolungma, their latest offering bucket list trip. 15 tourists, ages 37-68, adding kiwi trip leader, local guides, as well as traveling 80 kilometers back to the icon in the Khumbu region of Nepal.

active in the Himalayas, part of the adventure activities, leading small group adventure tour operator based in New Zealand, designed to track the 19 days of its major customers in mind. Might find that many travelers from 50 to 60 years are still searching through the base camp of Mount Everest slammed in their home schedule, says Matthew Yates, an expert on travel to Himalayas activities. The journey along the Annapurna Sanctuary Trek is by far the two most popular things that come up when I’m helping people to organize trips in the Himalayas, says Yates.

Travelers usually start their journey to the Himalayas for a flight in Lukla, which is from 2860 or 9383-meter Mount Everest base camp is located about 5364 meters or 17.598 feet, but many Outfitters to focus your trip for 8 to 10 days only. Active Chomolungma Nepal 19 days tour spreading the base camp of Mount Everest slammed more than a total of 14 days, with several days of acclimatization is included along the way. This time is a bad fit adventurous adults better than I felt at home and therefore enjoy greater travel between some of the options out there for a shorter, says Yates.

has its advantages to go with a company located in New Zealand’s Everest region, according to Yates. Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the land, was first climbed by New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary, the Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay on May 29, 1953rd Although Everest is beyond the reach of all but the most experienced mountain climbers, the journey to Mount Everest base camp at the foot of the mountain is one of the most popular track of active travelers visiting Nepal. Hillarys for large non-governmental projects in Nepal, especially Everest, Kiwi guests particularly warm welcome from the locals.

any other mountain I’ve ever seen, would foot of the Himalayas. All you have to do is show these mountains breath taking them away. Going to the base camp of Mount Everest experience looms as one of those adventures, continue to visit me for the rest of my life. Thank you for everything running the Himalayas is the case, Steve Land (Soquel, CA).??

of the Himalayas:

The Himalayas are part of the adventure activity tour operator specializing in New Zealand based adventure travel bucket list. In addition to trekking in Nepal, they run a small group of adventures and hiking in New Zealand, Peru, Patagonia, mainland Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. Matthew Yates invited to discuss a trip to Nepal or special programs for free to 800.661.9073.