It is rather unfortunate that certain level of dissention, squabble and recriminations have mostly been a constant feature of high-altitude mountain climbing expeditions the world over. And out in the Himalayas, when climbers along with their support staff are cramped…
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Category: Books, Talks and Rants
Tags: Book, Climb, Death, Himalayas, John, John Roskelley, Mountain, Nanda Devi, Odell, peak, review, Roskelley, Summit, Talk, Tilman, Tragedy, Tragic Expedition, Unsoeld, Willi Unsoeld
Published first in 1952, this fabulous and gripping read is the French expedition leader Maurice Herzog’s account of the first ascent of the mighty Annapurna (8091m) – the tenth highest mountain in the world and the very first 8000m peak…
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Category: Books, Talks and Rants
Tags: Annapurna, Bestseller, Book, Climbing, Dhaulagiri, Everest, French, Herzog, Himalayas, Maurice, Mountain, mountaineering, Nepal, peak, review, Talk
Not many people would have noticed that an open conical snow-covered peak is visible from Chandigarh on clear winter days. Foregrounded by the Kasauli and Sirmaur hills of Shivalik Range, the peak is distinctively noticeable from the plains of Chandigarh….
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Category: Himachal Pradesh, Travels, Treks and Hikes
Tags: adventure, Chaupal, Choor, Churdhar, Climbing, destination, highest, hiking, Himachal, mountains, Nohradhar, peak, Rajgarh, Shimla, Sirmaur, trek, Trekking
As you would have noticed from the cover of it, the book is an account of the author Peter Boardman’s inspiring climb of the west face of the 6864m Changabang along with his teammate Joe Tasker who also provided some…
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Category: Books, Talks and Rants
Tags: Boardman, Book, Changabang, Climbing, Dunagiri, Garhwal, Himalayas, IMF, Joe, mountaineering, Nanda Devi, peak, Peter, review, Tasker, The Shining Mountain, West Wall
The following is a page entry from On Road through the trans-Himalayas. To read complete travel memoirs and trip report, please visit here. Chapter 9 of 22 Previous Post …
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Category: Himachal Pradesh, Spiti, Trans-Himalayas, Travels
Tags: adventure, Balhamo La, Bara Shigri Glacier, Batal, Bhaga, CB, Chandra, Chandra Tal, Chandrabhaga, Chandrataal, Chenab, Chhatru, Chhota Dara, Dakka, Devachan, Dharamsura, Dongrimo, Fluted Peak, Gammo, Gondhla, Gramphu, Gyundi, Hamta, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayas, holidays, Horned Lark, Kaja, Karcha, Karding, Kaza, Keylong, Khiksar, Khoksar, Kulti, Kunzum La, Lahaul, Lahul, Lalana, long drive, Losar, Lungba, Manali, Manali-Kaza, Manali-Leh, mountaineering, Mulkila, Papsura, peak, Rizit, Road Trip, Rohtang, Sara Umga La, SH30, Shigri, Shilatakar, Sissu, Spiti, Suvita, Tandi, Tarimo, trans-Himalayas, tripping, White Sail
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