What’s the use of a fine house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?
- Henry David Thoreau
The below story is written by Dakota Arkin Cafourek.
A published writer and editor who is dedicated to a love of travel, storytelling, and the arts. The Outdoor Journal, has published 3 of Dakota's stories, and you can find links to each one at the bottom of this page. (more…)
Reports suggest heavy rain in Kaski and Myagdi district of western Nepal caused a landslide, killing 20 people and destroying more than a dozen houses.
An Indian yoga practitioner travels to Kathmandu and imparts the practice to earthquake-traumatized kids of a monastery, and discovers it helped them recover. .
While mountaineers are being airlifted, several are still missing on the world's tallest peak. Uncertainity over Everest climbing season continues on the south side, it is likely being called off on north (China) side. .
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.