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The making of a rock climber at Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering

The making of a rock climber at Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering

An economics student realises he needs to climb mountains as much as the corporate ladder and enrolls in the basic course in one of India's cardinal mountaineering schools, the Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering. For a very long time I had been craving to do something exciting. And the

Nepal shall overcome...

Nepal shall overcome...

Despite the Himalayan nation still recovering from recent events, there is hope for its trekking and tourism industry that has withstood everything from insurgencies to calamities, says travel writer and Nepal aficionado Shikha Tripathi Years ago, on my first solo trek, I sat nervously in a little 20-seater plane as

UPDATE: Final rites of Indian mountaineer Malli Mastan Babu amid state honours

UPDATE: Final rites of Indian mountaineer Malli Mastan Babu amid state honours

Thousands of people turned up for the burial of Babu in his hometown in South India. The local government had a 21-gun salute in his honour. Indian mountaineer Malli Mastan Babu who died in the Andes recently was laid to rest in his village on Saturday in the presence thousands

UPDATE: Death toll rises to 19; 61 injured and many missing on Everest as earthquake hits Nepal

UPDATE: Death toll rises to 19; 61 injured and many missing on Everest as earthquake hits Nepal

Sources claim that an avalanche triggered by a deadly earthquake has killed at least 19 people at south side of Everest base camp, with 61 injured and several climbers missing. The 7.9-magnitude earthquake has claimed thousands of lives across Nepal. At least 19 people are feared dead after an

Exclusive: Interview with Hernán Augusto Parajón provides proof of Mastan's ascent of Cerro Tres Cruces

Exclusive: Interview with Hernán Augusto Parajón provides proof of Mastan's ascent of Cerro Tres Cruces

In an exclusive interview after retrieving Malli Mastan Babu's body from the Andes his friend and coordinator of the mission told The Outdoor Journal that the Indian mountaineer had summited Cerro Tres Cruces (6749m). On heels of the Chilean mountaineer detecting and retrieving Babu's body from

The Great Himalayan Cycle Trip: Part 1 - The journey begins

The Great Himalayan Cycle Trip: Part 1 - The journey begins

The Great Himalayan Cycle Trip is a design student's attempt to traverse the entire Himalayan range on a bicycle. Shubham Dharmsktu, a design student from Uttarakhand and an outdoor enthusiast plans to cycle across the Himalayan range from Arunchal Pradesh to Jammu & Kashmir via Nepal and Bhutan.

The India Kayak Roadtrip - The Kynshi

The India Kayak Roadtrip - The Kynshi

My first thought as the Kynshi came into view was “wasn't there supposed to be a beach?” I turned to Joe, and it became clear that the river was much higher than he had seen before and we had no idea what it would be like downstream in