STORY: In this remote village in Nepal, about an eight-hour drive from the capital, Kathmandu… honey hunters prepare to collect from hives perched along a steep cliff. As smoke billows up to clear the ...

Nepali climbers hang from a ladder off a Himalayan mountain cliff to gather highly prized hallucinogenic honey - Copyright AFP Chris Kleponis Nepali climbers hang ...

For centuries, the Gurungs have been the only people to harvest "mad honey" from their cliff in Nepal. The honey has hallucinogenic properties, and harvesting it is a big part of the Gurungs' culture.

DOLAKHA, Nepal (AP) — High up in Nepal’s mountains, groups of men risk their lives to harvest much sought-after wild honey from hives on cliffs. Trekking hours through the steep mountains, one group ...

Hanging from a rope-and-bamboo ladder off a Himalayan mountain cliff, skilled Nepali climbers gather highly prized hallucinogenic honey -- an ancient tradition stung by environmental degradation and ...

Hanging from a rope-and-bamboo ladder off a Himalayan mountain cliff, skilled Nepali climbers gather highly prized hallucinogenic honey -- an ancient tradition stung by environmental degradation and ...