Himalayas have a network of underground water systems that emerge on the surface in form of springs, which provide six times ...

Scientists explain what gave Everest its height advantage over its neighbors and contributes to making it grow taller (by ...

it easily achieves the status of the world’s tallest mountain by about 800 feet over other Himalayan peaks like Kangchenjunga and Lhotse. But what gave Everest its height advantage and ...

Pandra, sometimes spelled Pandora — a beautiful 6,850m peak near Kangchenjunga ... wait for reports — the goal seems ideal for the Himalayan Camp. Yasuhiro Hanaya started the project in ...

Michael Gardner, a Colorado-based ski alpinist and professional climber, tragically lost his life in an accident while ...

Scientists may finally have an explanation for why Mount Everest is so much taller than the other great Himalayan peaks – and ...

The historic Leh to Delhi padyatra led by Sonam Wangchuk must serve as a reminder that India needs what Rammanohar Lohia had called a “Himalayan policy”. When a group of citizens from the Sino-Indian ...

A study reveals that river erosion has caused Mount Everest to rise 15-50 meters over 89,000 years, continuing its ascent by 2 mm annually.

VMPL New Delhi [India] October 4 India first professional mountaineer Arjun Vajpai is set to climb Mt Shisha Pangma the world ...

More than other countries, Japan is demonstrating that there remains life in the Himalaya beyond the 8,000 ... 6,850m peak near Kangchenjunga. One of the climbers, Akihiro Oishi, explained ...