Mountaineers

ITBP to retrieve bodies of climbers from near Uttarakhand’s Nanda Devi peak in first-of-its-kind heliborne operation

ITBP troops will undertake an operation to retrieve the mortal remains of at least eight mountaineers suspected to have been killed in an avalanche near an unscaled peak adjoining Nanda Devi East in Uttarakhand

Bodies of missing Italian, British climbers spotted on Nanga Parbat; closed Pakistan airspace delayed search operations

The bodies of two mountaineers from the UK and Italy were found in northern Pakistan, nearly two weeks after the duo went missing while trying to climb Nanga Parbat

Mount Everest becomes world's highest rubbish dump due to commercial mountaineering; water sources in valleys likely to be affected

Decades of commercial mountaineering has made Mount Everest into the world's highest rubbish dump and environmentalists are concerned about this polluting the water sources in valleys

West Bengal to carry out a rescue operation for the missing mountaineers

West Bengal government is sending a team of officials to Nepal for coordinating the rescue operations of two missing mountaineers.

After Nepal tragedy, trekkers safety in hands of television weatherman

Armed with a four-year-old laptop and an unreliable Internet connection, a retired weather forecaster working from his living room is the best local source of climate data for trekkers in Nepal.

Nepal reassures Everest climbers on safety a year after deadly avalanche

Nepal will arrange regular weather forecasts and tighten safety measures on Mount Everest to reassure climbers, an official said on Monday,