Himalayan
Britishadjective
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According to the Himalayan Database, which tracks expeditions in the region, last year there were 379 ascents by climbers with permits to Everest’s summit, compared with 57 in 1996.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
The other, “Tenzing,” currently available on Apple TV, revisits Edmund Hillary’s 1953 ascent of Everest through the eyes of Tenzing Norgay, the Himalayan guide who reached the summit alongside him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
The monal, researchers say, can be seen as a stand-in for the health of a fragile Himalayan ecosystem pushed to a tipping point due to unregulated tourism and heavy urbanisation.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Clutching a photograph of his missing son, Rajesh Ram is pinning his hopes on DNA testing -- like thousands of others desperately seeking relatives swept away by Nepal's catastrophic Himalayan floods.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Later still, I encountered a member of Mai Duff s commercial expedition, a twenty-eight-year-old Finn named Veikka Gustafsson whose record of previous Himalayan ascents included Everest, Dhaulagiri, Makalu, and Lhotse.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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