Mountaineers

KATHMANDU: Two Indians, prominent woman climber Baljeet Kaur and the youngest Indian to climb Mt Everest in 2010, Arjun Vajpayee, were rescued from Mt Annapurna in Nepal on Tuesday, the expedition organisers said. Kaur, 27, who scaled the…

NEW DELHI - At least 10 trainee mountaineers died Tuesday after being swept away by an avalanche in the Himalayas in northern India, media reports said, as rescuers searched for 11 others missing. A…

NATIONAL MOUNTAIN CLIMBING DAY 2022: Mountain climbing is one of the most exciting but dangerous outdoor activities that have become increasingly popular in India. August 1 is celebrated as National Mountain Climbing Day in India to honour…

Uttarakhand is home to some of the highest mountaineering peaks including Nanda Devi (7816 m), Kamet (7756 m), Trisul I (7120 m), Trisul II (7074 m).…

A Pakistani female mountaineer and another from Iran scripted history on Friday by becoming the first women from their countries to scale the summit of the mighty and treacherous K2, the second-highest mountain peak in the world, a…

Pakistani female mountainers Naila Inayat (L) and Samina Baig (R). Pictures by reporterKARACHI: Two Pakistani female mountaineers created history on Friday morning by  reaching the top of the 2nd highest peak of the world, the…

Riley Soderquist has skied down Andean volcanoes in South America, traveled to the Alaska Range and made a first descent of the steep north face of Capitol Peak in Colorado’s Elk Mountains. But year after year, one ski mountaineering jewel…

In the past, a person’s quiet affair with the mountain may not have seemed like a spectator sport, but times are changing in India. Meritorious young Indian mountaineers are accomplishing previously unimaginable achievements, and sports…