Compelled by stories he’d heard as a child, the photographer Showkat Nanda traveled to the high Himalayas to see Gurez, a valley long off-limits to most travelers.
Tag: Himalayas
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Three American Climbers Solve the 'Last Great Problem in the Himalayas’
Scaling Mount Jannu’s north face without fixed ropes or oxygen was “the greatest climb ever,” one expert said, far more difficult than reaching the summit of Everest.
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Deadly India Flood Shows Danger Lurking in Melting Glaciers
A glacial lake’s overflow swept away more than 100 people in the Himalayan state of Sikkim in India. Climate change is aggravating the threat of such phenomena.
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Rising Temperatures Speeding Up Himalayan Glacier Loss
Glaciers in the region melted faster between 2010 and 2019 than in the previous decade. “Things are just happening so fast,” one researcher said.
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Following a Folk Tale Through the Himalayas
On a trip through northern India, a writer was guided by the age-old epic story of “Rajula Malushahi,” which led him to a series of unexpected places.