Mountaineering

Discover the significant historical events that occurred on October 19, from Saddam Hussein's trial to the discovery of Streptomycin and the First Battle of Ypres.

On this day, October 16 - Know what happened today in history

Discover the remarkable events that shaped history on October 16, from trailblazing mountaineering feats to historic papal elections, nuclear milestones, and iconic institution founders.

Year Ender 2023: First Mt Meru summit via the west face, and more Indian mountaineering feats

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.

Only IAS officer who has climbed Mount Everest twice

Ravindra Kumar achieved the feat twice in three attempts and climbed from both Nepal and China, in 2015 and 2019, respectively

More money for oxygen, greater safety: Why the business of climbing Mt Everest is a slippery slope

There's been an alarming number of casualties on the mountain this season. As of May 27, the Himalayan Times reported 12 dead climbers and five others missing.

35 years of the 1988 International Everest Expedition: "A new route up the highest mountain of the world was hard to resist"

Thirty-five years ago on May 13, 1988, Stephen Venables stood all alone on the summit of Everest. It was a different time, a far cry from the jamboree that unfolds on the mountain these days...

How mountaineer Anindya Mukherjee came to lead a life in climbing uphill

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.

Book review: 'Himalaya: Exploring the Roof of the World' is a great find, especially for armchair travellers

The scope of John Keay's latest work, 'Himalaya: Exploring the Roof of the World', is as vast and diverse as the Himalayas.

Climbing without oxygen was hard enough. Then an avalanche buried everything in its path

At 7.40 am on September 30, mountaineer Baljeet Kaur stood on the summit of Manaslu - the first Indian woman to get there without oxygen.

Guardians of Everest, celebrity mountaineers, and climate change

An interview with Kathmandu-based journalist Pradeep Bashyal and social science researcher Ankit Babu Adhikari, authors of 'Sherpa: Stories of Life and Death from the Forgotten Guardians of Everest'.

Mountaineer Nims Purja: "Whatever you do in life... it’s about how you achieve those goals"

Nims Purja summitted the world’s 14 highest peaks in six months and six days. The previous record stood at seven years, 10 months, six days.

Mount Everest is not the ultimate mountaineering challenge anymore. Here's why

After a year of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Everest climbing season is set to begin next month. With hundreds of climbers likely to return to the Everest, a look at why the world’s tallest peak is not the ultimate mountaineering challenge anymore.