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A mission to the roof of the world
Missioners have long been renowned for finding their way to the world’s most far flung regions. In the 21st century, there are few such places left, except perhaps this one – Tipling in northwestern Nepal.
- ucanews.com Friday 16 November 2012
To visit this remote Himalayan community, Jesuit Fathers Kevillil and Jose take a bus from Kathmandu and change to another one in Dhading, which drives overnight. Then they face a hard two-day march with full backpacks; there are no roads where they are going.
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