50 years ago, I and five other Indian women scaled a virgin Himalayan peak. Not all of us came back

Sudipta Sengupta, who was deputy leader of the expedition, shares her story of ascending Lalana.

Sudipta Sengupta

· Sep 19, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Mountaineering is a modern invention – and it may be time to stop clamouring for the summit

The sport has left landscapes littered and degraded.

Dawn Hollis, The Conversation

· Aug 30, 2020 · 11:30 pm

How European colonial ambition drove generations of mountaineers to risk life and limb in Himalayas

The range has always been associated with metaphysical power. But the aim of conquering the peaks had a firm link with imperialist projects.

Ipsita Chakravarty

· Jun 09, 2019 · 06:30 am

In photos: The people (and animals) who help trekkers scale the Everest every year

The achievements of the trekkers make headlines, but how do their supplies reach the base camp?

Manoj Paudel

· Jun 14, 2018 · 01:30 pm

Why we’re drilling into the world’s highest glacier on Everest with a converted car wash

Meet the first team trying to understand the secrets of Mount Everest's glaciers.

Katie Miles, The Conversation

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Bryn Hubbard, The Conversation

· May 18, 2018 · 11:30 pm

In the Himalayas, a home offers comfort and love to the elderly and kids with nowhere to go

The Jamgön Kongtrul III Memorial Home in Kalimpong is where the elderly and children have formed a close-knit community.

Jael Silliman

· Mar 22, 2018 · 11:30 am

Journalist Elizabeth Hawley, who chronicled Himalayan expeditions for five decades, dies in Nepal

Edmund Hillary, who scaled Mount Everest in 1953, once called her ‘the Sherlock Holmes of the mountaineering world’.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 26, 2018 · 08:19 pm

At the peak of success, mountaineer Harish Kapadia wants to turn Siachen’s glacier into a peace park

The first Indian alpinist to win the prestigious Piolets D’Or award, Kapadia’s incredible Himalayan career spans over half a century.

Bibek Bhattacharya

· Nov 10, 2017 · 11:30 am

Record number of climbers waiting to climb Mount Everest this spring

Clearances for 373 foreign climbers have been received and cleared this month.

AFP

· May 04, 2017 · 05:03 pm

A photographer has taken stunning shots of one of the most treacherous roads in the Himalayas

Gareth Phillips has posted these images on the Instagram account of the 'New Yorker' magazine.

Maria Thomas, qz.com

· Oct 03, 2016 · 11:30 pm

A young mountaineer brings the pristine beauty of the world's peaks to her Instagram feed

Saachi Soni has gone climbing across continents, including to the tallest mountains in North America and Europe.

Rhema Mukti Baxter

· Sep 29, 2016 · 06:30 am

Swelling glacial lake threatens Sikkim’s heritage village

Lachen, a picture postcard village high up the Himalayas, is threatened in all sorts of ways.

Shailendra Yashwant

· Jul 26, 2016 · 10:30 pm