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India’s Famous Luxe Wellness Retreat Is An Antidote To 21st-Century Life
Forbes· 2 hours agoNot long ago, on a hike to the Kunjapuri Temple in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas, retreat...
Alton C. Byers
The Conversation· 10 hours agoAlton C. Byers is a mountain geographer, conservationist, and mountaineer specializing in applied research, high altitude ecosystems, glacier hazards,...
The Winds of Everest Punish the Summit
Men's Journal· 6 days agoThe jet stream is a forceful high-altitude wind current that bombards the summit of Mount Everest most of the year. Situated in the upper troposphere and...
State & Union: Former Salamanca resident, 82, to run marathon — in Himalayas
Olean Times Herald· 2 days agoFormer Salamanca resident David V. Bruce, at age 82, will run a marathon on May 26 in Bhutan, a...
In Nepal’s Mustang Region, Climate “Loss and Damage” Puts the Survival of a Tibetan Community in...
The Nation· 2 days agoNow in their “rain shadow” on the north side of the Himalayas, the landscape quickly turned from...
Gordon Monson: There are 9 trademarked names for Utah’s new NHL team. Which is best?
The Salt Lake Tribune· 21 hours agoAh, yes, ice, and Utah’s name for its team that skates on it. Although the Utah Lunatics hasn’t...
What’s The Longest Walkable Route On Earth?
IFLScience· 6 days agoOh, so you’ve been trekking in the Himalayas, hiked the Inca Trail, and completed the Camino de Santiago. Setting off from L'Agulhas in South Africa,...
Column: Earth, a thousand cuts
The Salem News· 44 minutes agoAlmost every glacier has retreated over the past few decades. Europe’s Copernicus Science Center stated that 20% of the glaciers in the European Alps, and 20% of the glaciers in the Asian < ...
China’s Plan to Turn Buddhism Into Communist Propaganda
The Atlantic· 4 days agoShangri-la is best-known as a fictional place—an idyllic valley first imagined by a British novelist...
Ritacuba Blanco: death of a Colombian glacier
AFP via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJust a few months ago, the Colombian mountain peak of Ritacuba Blanco was covered in an unbroken layer of white ice and snow, just as it had been for as...
