Lisa Choegyal and Sujoy Das look at the history of the highest mountain in the world. First published: https://openthemagazine.com/lounge/books/everest-reflections-on-the-solukhumbu/ People and Peaks Two writers romance the Everest WHEN NEPAL OPENED…
There was a time Satyarup Siddhanta was alien to the idea of folks climbing mountains. In 2019, he became the youngest in the world and the first Indian to climb…
For close to two months each spring, a civilisation comes to life at Everest Base Camp. Sanitation in these higher reaches is a major issue, with close to 12,000kg of…
Most folks would be down and out, had they endured what Brijmohan ‘Breeze’ Sharma did on Mt. Everest. However, it only urged him to come back stronger and leave a…