What’s the use of a fine house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?
- Henry David Thoreau
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 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.
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. .