INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
At least 26 people have been confirmed dead after an avalanche struck climbers in the Indian Himalayas, officials said Friday, with bad
summited Everest this year.Kanswal was an instructor with the expedition and had been feted by the climbing community for summiting the
after he fell into a crevasse while crossing a glacier in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh.Last week, renowned US ski mountaineer
mountain.The same day, Nepali climber Anup Rai was killed and a dozen others were injured after an avalanche on the 8,163-metre
(26,781-foot) mountain.Although no substantial research has been done on the impacts of climate change on mountaineering risks in the
Himalayas, climbers have reported crevasses widening, running water on previously snowy slopes, and the increasing formation of glacial
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