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'The climb tested every ounce of my physical and mental strength,' Aritra Roy said, adding that the climb was a personal trial.
International Everest Day is observed on May 29 to commemorate the 1953 climbing of Mount Everest by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary. Since then, more than 6,500 people have reached the summit. Here ais a look at why climbing Mount Everest is still a big deal.
Goodbye 2023: Over 80 Indians reached the summit of various 8,000 metre mountains across Nepal this year. Smaller peaks in the Himalayas also saw a number of first ascents made by Indian teams.
Anurag Maloo went missing on Monday after he fell from around 6,000, while descending from Camp III.
With youth and precious time lost in making money at a job, Anindya Mukherjee took to scaling physical heights. Awarded the Jagdish C Nanavati Award for Excellence in Mountaineering by The Himalayan Club in March, Mukherjee is headed to Sikkim's Passanram valley, flanked by peaks Siniolchu and Simvu.
The scope of John Keay's latest work, 'Himalaya: Exploring the Roof of the World', is as vast and diverse as the Himalayas.
Mont Blanc is sometimes called an easy ascent but weather conditions are making the climb increasingly treacherous.
