During a recent holiday in Darjeeling, I had the pleasure of visiting one of the hill station’s most storied institutions—the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute. Founded in 1954 by Jawaharlal Nehru, ...

On International Mountain Day, the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI) in Darjeeling turned the spotlight on the unsung heroes of the Himalayas, honouring Sherpas, the tireless climbers who pitch ...

The Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI) based in Darjeeling has set out to traverse 50 Himalayan passes, each climb a marker of the state’s golden jubilee Himalayan Mountaineering Institute ...

Members of the Sherpa community gathered at the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI) in Darjeeling on Sunday to pay their homage to Tenzing Norgay - the first person in the world to climb Mt.

One afternoon I walked down Tenzing Norgay Street past the Tenzing Restaurant and the 10Zing Computer store and hailed a taxi to take me a few miles out of town to the Himalayan Mountaineering ...