Tag: #avalanche
Articles tagged with #avalanche
Multipronged response to Nepal’s multi-hazards
The avalanche that came off Mt Tukuche in Nepal’s Mustang District on 14 November illustrates the kinds of multi-hazards present in the…
Aussie paraglider to jump off Everest
ken Hutt launches off from 7,200m on Cho Oyu in 2014. All photos: KATIE RIVERSApproaching 62 years old, and after retiring from a police rescue…
Bodies of 2 Korean trekkers found
Nepal Army recover two bodies presumed to be of South Korean trekkers who had been missing since January.Two bodies believed to be of South…
The courage and endurance of the Langtangpa
Hanging new prayer flags near the old chorten and the newer post-earthquake Memorial Wall in Langtang village on the final day of Losar…
Trails less travelled
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsMi4Zs-KrEAt 7,193m Gurja Himal is not high by Himalayan standards, and is dwarfed by the rock and ice pyramid…
Gurja Himal tragedy
The imposing South Face of Gurja Himal in the Dhaulagiri Range rises narly 4km vertically from the valley below. Photo: JOY STEPHENSThe disaster…