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A First-hand Experience Of A Deadly Snowstorm In The Himalayas

An ambitious mountaineer recounts the experience of being in the thick of a deadly avalanche on the highest mountain range in the world. While he survived to tell the tale, many of his comrades did not.

21 February 2023

Uttarkashi avalanche rescue operations

Uttarakhand: 27 Bodies In Uttarkashi Avalanche Found, Search Operations Continues On Sixth Day

Search and rescue operations resumed for the sixth day on Sunday. Bad weather has hampered search operations.

09 October 2022

Kashmir has emerged as a major trekking attraction in the country

World Tourism Day: The Year 2022 Has Emerged As The Golden Year For Trekking In Kashmir

Kashmir's vast unexplored alpine meadows, valleys, peaks, passes and stunning scenery have become the latest haunt of avid trekkers in search of a new high.

27 September 2022

Prakriti Varshney climbed Mt Everest on 12th May, 2022

At The Top Of Mt Everest, With Vegan Mittens

26-year-old Prakriti Varshney summitted Mt Everest on 12th May. The achievement, however, matters more to her for another reason - she is India’s first Vegan woman to have this victory under her belt

06 January 2023

Uttarkashi avalanche rescue operations

Uttarakhand: Ten More Bodies Of Missing Mountaineers Found In Uttarkashi, Death Toll Climbs To 26

Twenty-nine mountaineers of the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering had gone missing on Tuesday after an avalanche in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district.

08 October 2022

We The People | Of Green Thumbs And Good Hills: The 'Bhalo Pahar' Of Raska

Kamal Chakraborty is a writer who runs the Bhalopahar Society dedicated to forest conservation and tribal development

23 August 2022

Avalanche in Himachal Pradesh

Himachal: Rescue Team Continues Search For Third Day After Trekker Goes Missing Near Friendship Peak

Ashutosh, who was on the edge of the mountain, was hit by the avalanche when he was just 20 metres short of the summit and he fell towards the Dhundi–Atal tunnel side on Saturday.

21 November 2022

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Evading Everest’s ‘Death Zone’ With A Friend

No amount of training and knowledge would have made the writer summit Mt Everest without the camaraderie of his climbing buddy

12 August 2022

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09 August 2022
Thinking Of Climbing Mont Blanc? First Pay A Deposit For Rescue And Funeral Costs

Thinking Of Climbing Mont Blanc? First Pay A Deposit For Rescue And Funeral Costs

Authorities have said that ‘pseudo-mountaineers’ are ignoring warnings by local administration about climate conditions and this has led to several...


15 June 2022
50 Plus All-Women Team Back In India To Complete Final Stretch Of Himalayan Expedition

50 Plus All-Women Team Back In India To Complete Final Stretch Of Himalayan Expedition

The team trekked through the Annapurna circuit route and reached Muktinath in Nepal. Dissecting high passes to trek from one mountain to another, the 50 plus...


14 May 2022
Doorstep Of The Gods

Doorstep Of The Gods

Denouncing the confines of his home Michael Henry heads for a great Himalayan escape


11 May 2022
On Top Of The World: A Journey To The Upper Reaches Of The Everest

On Top Of The World: A Journey To The Upper Reaches Of The Everest

Even during the pandemic, Mount Everest continues to inspire people to scale it


06 May 2022
Indian Climber Dies While Trying To Scale Mount Kanchenjunga In Nepal

Indian Climber Dies While Trying To Scale Mount Kanchenjunga In Nepal

According to the preliminary report, the Indian climber died due to high altitude sickness, some 386 metre below the 8,586 metre high peak.


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29 April 2022
Does This Techie ‘Ever-Rest’?

Does This Techie ‘Ever-Rest’?

30-year-old software engineer Anurag Nallavelli recently scaled Dhaulagiri and Manaslu peaks without supplemental oxygen. He talks about his tryst with...


11 February 2022
Will Continue Trekking: Rescued Kerala Trekker

Will Continue Trekking: Rescued Kerala Trekker

The 23-year-old youth was discharged from the district hospital here this morning as the doctors certified that his health condition was stable. However, they...


11 December 2021
International Mountain Day: 10 Indians Who Scaled Mt Everest

International Mountain Day: 10 Indians Who Scaled Mt Everest

International Mountain Day 2021: The United Nations has designated December 11 to be marked as International Mountain Day to highlight the importance of...


05 November 2021
US: German Skier's Remains Believed To Be Found After 38 years

US: German Skier's Remains Believed To Be Found After 38 years

Rudi Moder disappeared in February 1983 after setting off on a two-to-three day ski tour of the Rocky Mountain National Park in the US state of Colorado.


01 October 2021
5 Indian Navy Mountaineers Go Missing As Avalanche Hits Uttarakhand

5 Indian Navy Mountaineers Go Missing As Avalanche Hits Uttarakhand

A rescue team from Uttarkashi-based Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) led by its principal Colonel Amit Bisht has left for the avalanche-hit area in...


01 October 2021
Tashi And Nungshi Malik, India's 'Everest Twins', Conquer Swiss Alps

Tashi And Nungshi Malik, India's 'Everest Twins', Conquer Swiss Alps

The Malik sisters from Dehradun are the first siblings and twins to climb the Seven Summits, to reach the North and South Poles, and complete the Adventurers...


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16 August 2021
Indian Mountaineers Led By Sheetal Scale Europe's Highest Point Mt Elbrus On I-Day

Indian Mountaineers Led By Sheetal Scale Europe's Highest Point Mt Elbrus On I-Day

Mount Elbrus is a peak situated on a dormant volcano and has two edges, eastern and western.


31 July 2021
Kinnaur: New Himalayan Hotspot For Man-Made Disasters?

Kinnaur: New Himalayan Hotspot For Man-Made Disasters?

Kinnaur is already identified as a high landslide and disaster-prone zone. And yet it is the hub of intense construction activity like hydropower and massive...


07 May 2021
Mixed Shots

Mixed Shots

Passing through: A chuckle here, a teardrop there


20 April 2021
Maha: First Indian Woman To Scale Mt Annapurna, World's 10th Highest Peak

Maha: First Indian Woman To Scale Mt Annapurna, World's 10th Highest Peak

Earlier, Priyanka has also climbed Mount Everest, Mount Lhotse, Mount Makalu, and Mount Kilimanjaro in 2013, 2018 and 2016 respectively.


19 April 2021
Mt. Koubru: A Mountain Of Contentious Claims

Mt. Koubru: A Mountain Of Contentious Claims

Is the state government's order of protecting the site, excluding the interests of the local tribal populace in the best interest of the people of Manipur ---...


19 March 2021
A Shortcut To Hydro Bombs

A Shortcut To Hydro Bombs

Himachal walks the tightrope to power its development with wider roads and hydel electricity at the cost of millions of trees and a reshaped topography. Are...


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