mountaineering

High Himalayan hype

Infatuation with Everest has inspired Everest-sized absurdities.

| May 11, 2012

A Himalayan mystery – solved?

The Ascent of Rum Doodle is a widely appreciated mountaineering satire — but of what, exactly?

| Dec 01, 2011

Hamro Tenzing Sherpa

Giving the great climber his due as a Nepali.

| Jun 01, 2003

Commitment, and the Himalayan climber

| Jan 01, 2003

The Climber is Nepali

| Aug 01, 2000

Sabir Saab on Sagarmatha

| Jul 01, 2000

High stakes

| Dec 01, 1998

Cloth Merchant Who Knows His Ropes

| Jan 01, 1997

Making criminals of climbers

| May 01, 1995

Who climbs whom

| Nov 01, 1992

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