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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.

A Woman’s Account of a Mountaineering School in Kashmir

A Woman’s Account of a Mountaineering School in Kashmir

A first-hand account of what it's like to be one of the few women who attend JIM, a mountaineering institute in India’s northernmost frontier, Kashmir The sharp blow of a whistle in the dead of night shakes me inside out; the moment I’ve been dreading is

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