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Skiing down a towering 6,178m peak in Karakoram

May 10, 2021515 Views

K2 conqueror Andrzej Bargiel has become the first person to climb the towering 6,178m Yawash Sar II peak in Pakistan before skiing down. The ski mountaineer summited K2 in 2018 without oxygen and skied from peak to base without removing his skis – a seemingly impossible challenge which had never been completed before. In 2018, a Polish expedition also set out for Yawash Sar II to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Polish independence by reaching the summit but plans were thwarted by avalanche conditions. This time, Bargiel and his Karakoram Ski Expedition team (with partner Jędrzej Baranowski , Darek Załuski, Kuba Gzela and Bartłomiej Pawlikowski) set off into the Karakoram mountain range 10 days before making history. Andrzej Bargiel seen skiing down Yawash Sar II during his ...

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सोलंग में रुमानियत

BIRBAL SHARMA

February 8, 20211236 Views

देश-दुनिया के सैलानियों के आकर्षण का केंद्र ही कुल्लू घाटी में पसरी बर्फ। इसलिए मनाली से रोहतांग तक पर्यटकों की आमद यहां लाखों लोगों के रोजगार का जरिया बन जाती है। बर्फ मानो चांदी की बरसात लेकर आती है। बसंत के बाद मैदानों की तपिश जैसे-जैसे बढ़ने लगती है, देश भर का पर्यटक इससे कुछ निजात पाने के लिए पहाड़ों की ओर रुख करने लगता है। ज्यों ज्यों मैदान ज्यादा गर्म होने लगते हैं त्यों त्यों पर्यटकों का यह रेला बढ़ता जाता है, मगर फिर जैसे ही मानसून दस्तक दे देता है तो यह सिलसिला एकदम से रुक जाता है, पूरी घाटी सूनी हो जाती है। यहां की खूबसूरती मन मोहने वाली है लेकिन बदलते हालात में अब पर्यटकों की पसंद भी बदलने लगी है और वह जहां गर्मी से निजात पाने के लिए पहाड़ों की ओर रुख करते हैं, वहीं उनकी पसंद बर्फ पर कूदना, भागना, गिरना, पड़ना, फिसलना, उड़ना और अठखेलियां करना भी हो गया है। बर्फ के फाह...

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लाजवाब लाचुंग

UPENDRA SWAMI

January 30, 20211604 Views

जो लोग बर्फीले इलाकों में नहीं रहते उनके लिए रुई के फाहों सी गिरती बर्फ में बड़ा रूमानी आकर्षण होता है। उत्तर सिक्किम में लाचुंग ऐसी ही जगह है, जहां जब बर्फ गिरती है तो उसका नजारा मंत्रमुग्ध करने वाला होता है। सिक्किम की खूबसूरती के चर्चे तो आम हैं। लेकिन यहां हम जिक्र कर रहे हैं उस जगह का जिसे सिक्किम के सबसे खूबसूरत गांव के रूप में ख्याति हासिल है। इस गांव का नाम है लाचुंग। इसे यह दर्जा दिया था ब्रिटिश घुमक्कड़ जोसेफ डॉल्टन हुकर ने 1855 में प्रकाशित हुए द हिमालयन जर्नल में। लेकिन जोसेफ डाल्टन के उस तमगे के बिना भी यह गांव दिलकश है। यह उत्तर सिक्किम में चीन की सीमा के बहुत नजदीक है। है। लाचुंग 9600 फुट की ऊंचाई पर लाचेन व लाचुंग नदियों के संगम पर स्थित है। ये नदियां ही आगे जाकर तीस्ता नदी में मिल जाती हैं। इतनी ऊंचाई पर ठंड तो बारहमासी होती है। लेकिन बर्फ गिरी हो तो यहां की खूबसूरती क...

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Davos ski resort eerily quiet without economic talkfest

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

January 23, 20211046 Views

Student protesters who urged world leaders at the 2020 World Economic Forum in Davos to “Stop (f)lying to us” must be pleased this year, at least as far as the flying is concerned. The streets of the little Alpine town that welcomed around 3,000 business chiefs, political thinkers and state leaders for last year’s annual meeting lie deserted. Discussions have moved online, starting Monday, and COVID-19 restrictions are also keeping regular tourists away. A general view shows the the congress center, the venue of the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann “Look around, it’s empty. Normally, all hotels would be fully booked at this time,” Reto Branschi, head of Davos Klosters tourism, told Reuters in an intervi...

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French ski lifts may remain closed till the end of the season

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

January 23, 20211238 Views

French ski lifts will not reopen on February 1 and it is not clear for now whether French people can start booking winter holidays in February, French Tourism Minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne said on Thursday. French ski resorts can welcome tourists but the lifts have not been allowed to open since the start of the season. With no mechanical means to lift them up the slopes, skiers and snowboarders have resort to trudging up the slopes with snow shoes. FILE PHOTO: People practice with snowshoes in the winter ski resort of Isola 2000 as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues in France, January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard Early January, the government said lifts would be allowed to reopen on Jan. 20 if the spread of the COVID-19 virus had been slowed, but in recent...

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Ukrainians enjoy skiing while others in Europe fret over restrictions

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

December 29, 2020586 Views

Ukraine’s biggest ski resort Bukovel in the Carpathian mountains is fully booked until the end of year as Ukrainians have sped to it instead of other foreign resorts that have been shut due to coronavirus-linked restrictions across Europe. An aerial view shows the ski resort Bukovel amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) near the village of Polianytsia in Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Ukraine December 27, 2020. REUTERS/Sergiy Karazy Bukovel’s management said the resort had already been booked at 80% capacity through January. Bukovel, which sits 920 meters (3,000 feet) above sea level and covers five mountains in western Ukraine, attracts two million visitors each year. A tourist from Kyiv, Anton Luzhnyh, said he used to go to France to ski. “Why am I here? Because f...

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Ten climbers killed in Iran, ship crew missing after snowfall and storms

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December 27, 20201185 Views

At least 10 climbers have died and several more are missing in mountains north of Iran’s capital Tehran after heavy snowfall, state media reported on Saturday, and the seven crew members of a ship are also missing after storms in the Gulf. Heavy snow and winds in several parts of Iran in the past few days have closed many roads and disrupted transport. FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the Tochal ski resort, in north of Tehran, Iran. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo Several climbers remain unaccounted for since Friday when two deaths were reported, while the number reported as missing has increased as concerned families contact the authorities, state television said. Nine people had been killed on the mountain and one died in hospital after...

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Skiing in Alps: Fun and gloom 5 kms apart

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

December 20, 20201150 Views

Vive la difference: COVID rules divide adjacent French and Swiss ski resorts Like other French ski resorts, the Alpine town of Chatel has been forced to close its lifts over the Christmas period as part of tougher government curbs to contain the coronavirus. But just 5 km (3 miles) away, holidaymakers are schussing down the same slopes on the other side of the border in Switzerland, where less strict restrictions mean it’s business as usual in the Dents du Midi ski region. People line up next to a chairlift at Les Portes du Soleil ski resort during the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Les Crosets, Switzerland, December 19, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse Chatel mayor Nicolas Rubin was so annoyed by the sharp divergence in the handling of the coronavirus ...

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Skiers hit slopes after restrictions are eased

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

December 15, 2020906 Views

Skiers hit the slopes of Catalonia on Monday for the first time this season after the Spanish region eased coronavirus restrictions that had prevented people leaving their home municipality. “The important thing is to say that from today you can ski in Spain,” said May Peus Espana, head of Spain’s winter sports federation. “Spanish snowsports are embarking on what is doubtless going to be an excellent season.” People queue to enter a ski lift as La Masella ski resort re-opens observing nationwide coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, in Masella, Spain, December 14, 2020. REUTERS/Albert Gea Skiing has become a contentious issue across Europe this winter, with countries including France, Germany and Italy shuttering resorts to avoid a repeat of last season when stations beca...

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Germany wants ski resorts closed but Austria won’t agree

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

November 26, 2020761 Views

Germany wants Alpine countries to keep ski resorts closed to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, but reaching an agreement with neighbouring Austria is proving difficult, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday. “The ski season is approaching. We will be trying to coordinate in Europe whether we could close all ski resorts,” Merkel told parliament, adding that this might not be possible given resistance from Austria, but Germany would try again. In the first wave of the coronavirus at the start of the year, many Germans were infected at the Austrian ski resort of Ischgl. Germany last month issued travel warnings for popular ski regions in Austria, Italy and Switzerland. Interestingly, in September this year a consumer rights group had taken a legal action against the Austr...