Harish Kapadia crossing the roaring Rishi Ganga river en route Nanda Devi, over three improvised ladders put together to make a bridge.

Himalayan exploration after a long gap - no one had visited the inner sanctuary (except for poachers) since 1981 (or few had legally done so!) until we visited in 2001, as part of a governmental status report and information gathering expedition.

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