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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.

Save lives in the Himalaya - Search And Rescue at NIM

Save lives in the Himalaya - Search And Rescue at NIM

The Outdoor Journal's web reporter enrolled in India's Nehru Institute of Mountaineering Search And Rescue (SAR) 21-day course, critical skills-building program for saving lives on high mountains. This is what he learned. Life and death are closely linked in the mountain world. Most experienced climbers have

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