An Interview with Ashok Dilwali, Extraordinary Himalayan Photographer
For generations of Himalayan enthusiasts, Indian photographer Ashok Dilwali's images are a critical record of one of Earth's most renowned ranges, and a changing landscape
Garhwal Himalayas
Mass Trekking in India: A Disease For Which We'll All Suffer
From unreported deaths, to unsustainable human activity and environmental degradation. India's national heritage is at stake.
Himalaya's Hardest Climb - The Shark's Fin on Meru Central
Mountaineer and photographer Jimmy Chin's exclusive story of a climb on the spectacular prow of the Shark's Fin, a.k.a. Meru Central, in India's Garhwal Himalayas in 2011.
The last move was merely a mantle: Hands on the edge of a sharp granite
First Indian ascent of Meru North -- a personal account
In 1986, mountaineer Mandip Singh Soin and a small group of friends made the first Indian ascent of Meru North, alpine style — fulfilling one climber's determination to defeat the crux that had been his undoing before.
The camera panned in slow motion sweeping across the 2,460-foot rock