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Nikon | New Lenses for Full Frame D-SLRs
Nikon has introduced another three new lenses for full frame D-SLRs. These lenses can also be used on DX bodies taking into account the 1.5 crop factor. I am particularly excited about the fast prime...
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Markha Valley Trek | Photos
Night skies and stars at the Markha campsiteThe summer months are the season for Ladakh and the most popular trek is the Markha Valley. I have watched the Markha trek graduate from a camping only trek...
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Galen Rowell
August 23rd 2015Galen Rowell would have been 75 years old today. A cruel twist of fate took him away on August 11, 2002 in a plane crash. A multi faceted personality he was a photographer, a mountain...
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The Boardman Tasker Prize Long List for 2015
The Boardman Tasker prize is given every year to one outstanding book on mountain literature. This is one of the most prestigious awards a mountain  book can get and this year the list of books are...
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Mustang and Lo Manthang | The Itinerary Part I
The sky caves of MustangApril 19 Â 2015Â South Col had a group of eight trekkers to Mustang and Lo Manthang last April 2015. The morning dawned clear in Pokhara and all the peaks were visible after the...
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Mustang and Lo Manthang | The Itinerary Part II
South Col Expeditions had a team of eight trekkers to Mustang and Lo Manthang in April 2015. The first part of the journey is covered in this blog...
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Everest South West Face | Forty Years since the First Ascent
Dougal Haston on the south west face of Everest 1975On September 24th 1975 two climbers from Britain, Doug Scott and Dougal Haston reached the summit of Everest by the unclimbed South West Face after a...
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How to Choose a Day Pack
Typical day pack for trekking  On a recent South Col trek in  Ladakh, I noticed one of our trekkers struggling with the straps of his day pack. When I enquired, I learnt that the narrow waist band...
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Mustang and Lo Manthang Trek | Photographs in Black and White
South Col Expeditions trekked to Mustang and Lo Manthang in April 2015. The account of our journey and return after the great Nepal earthquake is given in these two blog posts:1....
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Green Lakes Trek in North Sikkim
Off limit to trekkers for many years and rigidly controlled by a permit system, few have made it to the north east base camp of Kangchendzonga. I was fortunate to make two visits to Green Lakes, once...
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Rebuilding the Villages of Kaule and Bhangeri in Nuwakot district Nepal
A pictorial report on a survey conducted for the villages of Kaule and Bhangeri in Sundara Devi VDC, Nuwakot District, from Sept 28 - Oct 2 2015, prior to Prototype Construction Training Workshop...
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Rebuilding the villages of Kaule and Bhangeri in Nuwakot district Nepal- II
South Col Expeditions Earthquake support has been working with a team of architects to make a suitable prototype for the villages of Kaule and Bhangeri in Nuwakot district of Nepal.Last week I had...
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Mirella Tenderini at the Himalayan Club Kolkata on October 30th 2015
TIMES OF INDIA 29TH OCTOBERÂ Landmark film on K2 to be screened in KolkataJayanta Gupta,TNNÂ |Â Oct 29, 2015, 01.37 AM ISTKOLKATA: Mountaineers, photographers and cine buffs in Kolkata will get a treat...
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Rebuilding the Villages of Kaule and Bhangeri - III
The Kaule PrototypeApril - May 2015 Recce visit In May 2015 Sujoy Das, and Sharan Lal, both from Kolkata, visited Kaule and Bhangeri - villages in Nuwakot District and home to South Col’s friends,...
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From the Indus to the Nubra Valley across Lasermo La - Part I
Phyang to Hundar Trek South Col Expeditions trekked this route in September 2015. This is the detailed trek notes of the route.September 3 2015I was ready by 7 am and had an early breakfast at the...
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From the Indus to the Nubra Valley across Lasermo La - Part II
The top of the pass Lasermo LaPhyang to Hundar Trek Part IIA South Col team trekked from Phyang to Hundar in September 2015. The detailed trek notes for the first part of the trek was covered in my...
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Everest Trek- Updates November 2015
I spent seventeen days in the Everest region in November 2015 and here are some updates from the area:In addition to Tara Air, Sita Air and Simrik Air, Goma Air is flying to Lukla with two Czech planes...
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The Nar Phu Valleys of Nepal - I
Our team on top of Kangla pass (5320m)South Col Expeditions trekked the Nar and Phu valleys of Nepal in Sept-Oct 2015. In this two part post the route and terrain is described for future trekkers to...
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The Nar Phu Valleys of Nepal - II
In October 2015, South Col Expeditions trekked to the valleys of Nar and Phu bordering Tibet in remote Nepal. The first part of the route and day wise schedule is...
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Peakfinder: The Nar Phu Trek in Nepal
View of the Annapurnas descending from the Kang La passI had written earlier in my blog about the Peakfinder app which downloaded onto a phone allows you to identify the mountains from a database which...
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