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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.

The Shepherd Boy: Becoming a Man Amongst Men

The Shepherd Boy: Becoming a Man Amongst Men

The chance encounter of a former Special Forces paratrooper and a shepherd's son that alters the course of a life forever. The Taj Mahal came into view, spotlessly white and clean after the night’s rain. Behind, the swollen Yamuna stretched languorously in the shape of a bow,

Exclusive: Everest Base Camp doctor shares his story from the 2015 quake

Exclusive: Everest Base Camp doctor shares his story from the 2015 quake

Major Ritesh Goel was part of the Indian Army Expedition on Everest Base Camp when the disastrous earthquake struck Nepal in May 2015, and triggered a deadly avalanche on the mountain. He treated more than 80 people before helicopters could arrive. In an exclusive story for The Outdoor Journal, he