Tag: Himalayas
Two Indian climbers dead, Irishman missing in Nepal’s Himalayas
KATHMANDU: Two Indian climbers died and an Irish mountaineer is missing on the Himalayan peaks of Nepal, officials said on Friday, taking the number...
Himalayan Buddhist monastery prepares for long, isolated winter
Some 5,500 metres (18,000 feet) above sea level in the Indian Himalayas sits the Tnagyud Gompa Buddhist monastery, where snow can leave the monks...
Canadian mountaineer falls to death on Pakistan’s K2
A Canadian national who was attempting to climb K2 mountain has died after falling from the cliff, officials said on Saturday.
The 53-year-old was between...
Teenage boy hunts Himalayan Ibex, sets new record: report
GILGIT: 13-year-old Imam Haroon from Islamabad became the youngest hunter in the legal trophy hunting in Gilgit-Baltistan after he hunted a Himalayan Ibex in...
‘Yeti’ is a bear found in Himalayas: scientists
LONDON: Scientists on Wednesday dismantled the myth of the abominable snowman, the towering yet furtive half-human rumoured for centuries to inhabit inaccessible reaches of...
Four foreign climbers killed in Himalayas
Two European climbers have plunged to their deaths in China's Himalayas while two Asian trekkers have died of suspected altitude sickness in Nepal's Everest...
