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Nepal's President Ram Baran Yadav (L) hands over the country's national flag to Nepalese climber Apa Sherpa (2R) who holds the record for the number of times he has summitted Mount Everest, as his team members watch at the President's Office in Kathmandu on January 12, 2012. On January 15, Apa and his team will begin their trek on the 1700 kilometre, 120 days trek dubbed 'Great Himalayan Trail' to highlight the impacts of climate change.

Matevz Lenarcic, Slovenian pilot, biologist and photographer, prepares before taking off from Ljubljana airport on January 8, 2012 for a flight around the world in a 290 kilograms (640 lb) airplane consuming the smallest amount of fuel ever. During the trip, Lenarcic alone in a ultra-light Pipistrel Virus-SW914 will cross some 100,000 kilometres (62,000 miles) hoping to circle the world westbound in two months and a half. Overall, he plans to overfly seven continents, 60 countries, 120 national parks, the world's highest mountains including the Mount Everest, cross three oceans and the Antarctic, burning the smallest amount of unleaded fuel per distance flown.

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