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‘Skies of Thunder’ Review: Flying Over the Himalayas
The Wall Street Journal· 10 hours agoThe travails of the Army Air Corps’ Air Transport Command are well-detailed and engagingly told in “Skies of Thunder” by Caroline Alexander, the author...
Fact Check: A Photo Appears to Show Wild Cannabis Growing Naturally in the Himalayas. Here's What We...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 2 days agoGetty Images Claim: Authentic photos show wild cannabis growing naturally and abundantly in the ...
Weather Cooperates on Mt. Everest: More Success
Men's Journal· 3 hours agoAs the climbing season in the Himalayas winds down, there has been much success on Mt. Everest and neighboring peaks
Brit climber and guide missing on Mt Everest after ice collapses in 'death zone'
Daily Mirror· 2 days agoA Brit and his guide are both missing in the “death zone” of Mount Everest after an ice fall. Daniel...
Family in remote Himalayas gets own polling station for Indian election
Reuters via Yahoo News· 5 days agoFive people from one family in a remote Himalayan village voted in India's election in their own...
How Genesis uses volcanic rock and recycled newspapers in the GV80 SUV
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 4 days agoVik Black required nearly 100 iterations before the design team was satisfied, Kim...
Everest is a dirty, trash-strewn mess. Is it too late for Nepal to fix it?
South China Morning Post· 6 days agoSince Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund Hillary first climbed Everest in 1953, more than 6,000 people...
Summer Books: Our Guide to the Best Reading of the Season
The Wall Street Journal· 6 hours agoPintxos come from the Basque Country. Making them at home may create an urge to travel. Review by...
Everest climber: Fundraiser to bring home missing Wakefield man
BBC News· 12 hours agoThe partner of a man feared dead after being hit by falling ice on Everest has set up a fundraiser...
Five of the best books on climbing mountains
The Economist· 9 hours agoMOUNTAINEERING HAS gone mainstream. Take Mount Everest. In the four decades after Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first reached the summit in 1953...