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Fan Si Pan

a mountain massif in northwestern Vietnam; part of the Hoang Lien Son Range. The massif rises to a maximum elevation of 3,143 m. It is composed primarily of quartzites, granites, and gneisses. The steep slopes are deeply cut by gorges, and the crests are pointed. The slopes have evergreen forests and, above 1,700–1,800 m, deciduous and coniferous forests.

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Soaring heights in both her personal and professional life, literally, the Kirloskar heiress has climbed up to the Kanchenjunga base camp and to the peak of Mount Fansipan, the largest peak in the Indochinese peninsula.

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Aiden Webb, 22, of Norwich, was found dead on Fansipan mountain in Vietnam in June 2016.

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He was going up the Fansipan Mountain and had arranged to meet his friend at the bottom when he came back down, but he didn't turn up that evening.

British backpacker missing for three days in Vietnam after 'falling and getting lost' during mountain trek; Aiden Webb, 22, was due to meet a friend at the bottom of a mountain he climbed but failed to show up

Discussing his team's plans for the trek, Floris, 17, said: "We will be walking across isolated landscapes, including rice terraces, thick vegetation and the foothills of Fansipan, the highest mountain in the region.

Spirit of adventure beckons

Nowadays, Sapa is known as an attractive destination for tourists not only because of the majestic scenery including Fansipan, the highest peak in Indochina and a unique climate with four seasons in one day, but also for the diversity of culture and customs from six ethnic minorities and the myriad fauna and flora in Hoang Lien National Park.

The Vietnamese Government Invests in Sapa's Infrastructure Placing Sapa as a Key Tourism Destination

It is called 'the Tonkinese Alps.' You can see many hill tribe people, their villages, rice terraces, lush vegetation, and Fansipan, highest peak in Vietnam." (Sapa City Website, N.D.) In Sapa, I visited the famous Hmong terrace rice paddy fields, which draw thousands of foreign tourists to Sapa each year.

A visit to the Hmong of Asia: globalization and ethnicity at the dawn of the 21st century

Trudging up Mount Fansipan, near the Chinese border, I suddenly had a moment of realisation.

How I scaled new heights

Fansipan, we'll trek into the mountains and stay in H'mong and Zao minority villagers' homes.

International trips

Captain Richard Lloyd, who was leading a party of eght schoolgirls up the Fansipan mountain for World Challenge Expeditions, told the hearing in High Wycombe, Bucks, Amy Ransom plunged down a waterfall and suffered fatal head injuries.

Girl's death plunge

Capt Lloyd admitted he didn't know Mount Fansipan before the party set out on July 30.

DAD HITS AT TREK

The girl from Bryant's Bottom, near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, had slipped off a path on the Fansipan mountain on Monday.

Fall death is second tragedy for family

Long Bay, Phong Nha National Park and Fansipan mountain in Vietnam were top three in the online voting.

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