KOLKATA-It was in May 1955 that a British mountaineering team successfully climbed Kangchenjunga, the world’s third-highest mountain at 8,586m, for the first time. But members of this expedition ...

Nangama glacial lake in the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area, the source of the 1960 glacial lake outburst flood as pictured in May 2019. Photo: ALTON C BYERS Alton Byers has organised frequent research ...

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She made headlines in 2014: a young woman from the mountains of eastern Nepal had just won the 50km Himalayan Outdoor trail race. Mira Rai was 23 then, the only Nepali female in the race. She had no ...