April 25, 2015

Mountaineering ethics

Jim Perrin also notes in ‘Shipton and Tilman’ of the Nanda Devi Sanctuary (first entered by the duo on a lightweight, minimalist trip) that ’a few brief decades of use by the worldwide mountaineering community, and this hallowed place was well and truly fucked. Small wonder the Indian authorities now stringently control access.’

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