Multipronged response to Nepal’s multi-hazards
Hazards in the Himalaya do not queue up politely to occur one at a time. More often, they occur together and, when...
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Aussie paraglider to jump off Everest
Approaching 62 years old, and after retiring from a police rescue squad in 1996, Ken Hutt needed some adrenaline replacement therapy.He had...
Bodies of 2 Korean trekkers found
Two bodies believed to be of South Korean trekkers missing since an avalanche hit them in January on the hiking trail to...
The courage and endurance of the Langtangpa
Five years ago, I was in the Langtang Valley with my parents at the moment when the earth shook. The earthquake released a massive,...
Trails less travelled
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsMi4Zs-KrEAt 7,193m Gurja Himal is not high by Himalayan standards, and is dwarfed by the rock and ice pyramid of Mt Dhaulagiri to the...
Gurja Himal tragedy
The disaster which struck the Korean expedition on 10 October brought Gurja Himal (7,193m) and this inaccessible region of Nepal to world...
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