himalayas
US scientists to climb Everest, collect data on climate
NEPAL — A team of American scientists flew to the Mount Everest region Wednesday to study how pollution has impacted the Himalayan mountains and glaciers that are melting due to...
Stray dog joins climbers on dangerous trek to top of Himalayan peak
This pooch is a superdog. A stray dog tagged along with a team of mountaineers, following them up to the top of the 23,389-foot peak in Nepal’s Himalayas – a...
Avalanche in Indian Himalayas kills 1, leaves 5 missing
NEW DELHI — Indian rescuers have found the body of a soldier and are searching for five others after an avalanche struck a Himalayan post in northern India. Police officer...
One-third of Himalayan glaciers are already lost to climate change
KATHMANDU, Nepal — One-third of Himalayan glaciers will melt by the end of the century due to climate change, threatening water sources for 1.9 billion people, even if current efforts...
Snowstorm triggers Nepal's deadliest climbing disaster in years
KATHMANDU -- At least seven mountaineers were killed after their camp on a Himalayan peak in western Nepal was hit by a storm, police said on Saturday, in the country’s...
Two climbers missing on 'Killer Mountain'
One Spanish man and an Argentinian have gone missing on a notoriously treacherous peak in northern Pakistan known among mountaineers as "Killer Mountain," officials said on Tuesday. Alberto Zerain Berasatei...
This badass mountain-climber survived an avalanche
A New York storm is nothing for Upper East Sider Jimmy Chin. The National Geographic photographer and alpinist has survived an avalanche and once spent four days in a tent...
The most insane bus tour in the world
Watch these tourists completely freak out as they navigate what has to be one of the world’s most dangerous roads. Hugging a cliff face in the Himalayan mountains, this insane...
Man shoots incredible video after 70-foot fall off mountain
http://youtu.be/8JqyI6174KI KATMANDU, Nepal — An American climber said he fell into a crevasse on a Himalayan mountain in Nepal but managed to crawl to his tent despite broken ribs and...
India's Himalayan hilltop haven
In the foothills of the Himalayas, near the border of Nepal, wild monkeys swing in the trees and smoky incense made by local monks perfumes the air. Having just finished...