A guided tour of Himalayan mountaintops by an Everest guide, from the comfort of your armchair

Most of us have used Google Street View at some point to identify buildings, reminisce about a place we’ve visited, or just to have a good nosy around the neighbourhood and see what our neighbours look like stretched at funny proportions with blobs obscuring their features.

Don’t worry, this isn’t a post about Google Street View, but it’s kinder, mellower, more refined, engaging and adventurous younger brother.

In its early days, Street View couldn’t show any panoramas that you couldn’t visit in...