U.S.-born Elizabeth Hawley, former journalist and chronicler of mountain climbing in the Himalayan nation, speaks during an interview in Kathmandu May 5, 2011. When the 87-year-old Hawley came to Nepal in 1960 as a journalist for Time magazine, she had no idea that she was on the road to becoming the most highly-respected chronicler of mountain climbing in the Himalayan nation, home to eight of the world's 14 highest peaks. Today, from her house in Kathmandu, Hawley runs the Himalayan Database, a record of major climbs of the Nepali mountains, and a necessary endorsement for climbers to gain global fame by validating their achievements. Picture taken May 5, 2011. To match Interview INDIA-NEPAL/EVEREST REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: MEDIA HEADSHOT SOCIETY)