Everest – Sauvik Biswas

Arunima Sinha and her Everest narrative

September 7, 2016 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

Exchanging books related to Himalayas with Nabyendu Last Sunday, I paid a visit to Nabyendu. He had lent me Ed Viesturs’ biography earlier and I wanted to return it. (If you want to read my thoughts on that, please click here.) I had also packed another book for him. This one to be precise: Nabyendu shares … [Read more…]

The legend that is Ed Viesturs

August 29, 2016 by Sauvik Biswas 1 Comment

Ed Viesturs is a great thinker. Well, he is a great climber, too. Reading through his book, I could realise how much of a mental fortitude and clarity one needs to do tasks that are superhuman. In his case, it was climbing all fourteen eight-thousanders in the world. A few days ago, I had borrowed his … [Read more…]