[VIDEO] Snow-Covered Yogi Meditating at -55°F in the Himalayas A Siddha yogi was captured meditating on a frozen peak in the Himalayas in a video that went viral across the internet. In the video, the snow-encrusted yogi is seated in a lotus seat, eyes closed, meditating, while the wind buffets him and the snow falls around him. The yogi seems entirely oblivious to the harsh conditions and while the […] Julia Schneemann | February 29, 2024 0 Comments
VIDEO: Kayaker Records Massive Avalanche in Himalayas This kayaker was filming himself on the beautiful Kapuche Glacier Lake in the mountainous Annapurna region of central Nepal when a HUGE avalanche started in the mountains behind him. Beautiful. And frightening. Avalanche AvyBrains | April 16, 2021 1 Comment
NASA: What Caused the Catastrophic Landslide That Killed Hundreds in the Himalayas? This post first appeared on the NASA Earth Observatory website Sheer, glacier-covered ridges separated by gorges soar over the Chamoli district in northern India. On the morning of February 7, 2021, this spectacular terrain in Uttarakhand turned deadly when a torrent of rock, ice, sediment, and water surged through the Rishiganga River valley past multiple villages and slammed into two […] SnowBrains | February 26, 2021 0 Comments
Canadian University Professor Missing in Himalayas After Avalanche Struck his Camp Peter Wittek, 37, is missing in India after an avalanche struck during an expedition. The University of Toronto Professor was part of a team of six climbing Mount Trishul in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, India. Related: Avalanches Are the Most Frequent Cause of Weather Fatalities in Almost All Mountainous States According to Gripped, Wittek was alone in his tent […] Avalanche AvyBrains | October 3, 2019 0 Comments
8 Climbers Feared Dead in Himalayas as Avalanche Hits India’s Second Highest Peak Indian rescuers searching for a group of eight climbers who went missing while climbing Nanda Devi, India’s second tallest mountain say the chances of finding them in the Himalayas are “bleak”. Two Indian air force helicopters were searching the mountains, but officials said the operation had to be suspended due to unfavorable conditions. The group was attempting to scale the previously […] Avalanche AvyBrains | June 3, 2019 0 Comments
Indian Army Releases Photos of Yeti Footprints Seen in the Himalayas April 1st? Nope! The Indian army claims to have found 32-inch footprints of a Yeti in the snow during an expedition in the Himalayas and has even posted photographs to social media. The photographs were taken in eastern Nepal, near the base camp for climbing Makalu, the fifth highest peak of the Himalayas. Related: Friday Fun: Yeti Hunting Declassified by US Government “For […] Laughs SnowBrains | May 2, 2019 0 Comments
UPDATE: Violent Snowstorm Kills 9 Climbers on Seldom Climbed 23,600′ Mt. Gurja in Himalayas, Nepal UPDATE: 15th October 2018, 0430 PST: The death toll of the violent storm in the Himalayas has risen to 9, officials report. The bodies of the nine climbers who died when the powerful snow and ice-storm hit their camp on Mount Gurja in Nepal have been retrieved, reports the BBC. The party of five South Koreans and four Nepali guides were found scattered […] Industry News CragBrains | October 15, 2018 0 Comments
Study Reports that “Impact of Global Warming is Evident” in the Himalayas The Himalayas, the world’s highest mountains, are getting warmer, according to a study published in science journal Current Science, livemint.com reports. “Total precipitation (rainfall + snowfall) was found to increase whereas snowfall was found to decrease with concurrent significant increase in rainfall at all zones of NWH,” the study said. It warned that rising trends in liquid precipitation have a negative […] Weather WeatherBrains | February 27, 2018 0 Comments