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Garhwal Himalaya

UPDATE: 27 Mountaineers on a Training Climb Killed by Massive Avalanche in the Indian Himalaya

UPDATE: 27 Mountaineers on a Training Climb Killed by Massive Avalanche in the Indian Himalaya

A large group of students and instructors from India's famed Nehru Institute of Mountaineering were descending after a training climb on Draupadi ka Danda (5,670m) when the avalanche struck them.

Nehru Institute of Mountaineering: Inside India's School of Rock and Ice

Nehru Institute of Mountaineering: Inside India's School of Rock and Ice

While enrolled in a basic course for women at Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, an adventure enthusiast tries to figure out what got a motley group of students on the vertical path. “Welcome to the camp; I guess we all know why we’re here”. The Who, playing out loud on

Woodstock School students trek to Baraadsar Lake

Woodstock School students trek to Baraadsar Lake

After two failed attempts, the school's ‘outdoor education’ wing made a successful trek up to the 4,400 meter high lake in the Western Garhwal range of the Himalayas Setting off before daybreak, a wavering string of headlamps traverses the icy darkness. More than a kilometre farther on