Amit Chowdhury, a board member of the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA), explained to the BBC that the crevasse’s conditions likely helped keep Maloo alive.

was among five people from the department who were climbing. His 14-year-old son was among the climbers who fell in the crevasse, but he wasn't seriously injured. "When I found out he was alive ...

While the lack of snow improves the risk of avalanche, it reduces the climbing faces to sheer ice. This makes setting a route around huge crevasses and imposing seracs difficult and requires more ...

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For those, I assessed the comfort while performing a loaded task like crevasse rescue or hanging on rappel. When it comes to climbing, weight matters. The less weight you have on you, the easier it’ll ...

So if he was not badly injured, it’s not unusual that he survived in a crevasse,” Amit Chowdhury, a board member of the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation, told the BBC.