29 People Died in One of the Worst Mountaineering Accidents in History. What Happened?

At 1 A.M. on October 4, 2022, Ankush Sharma woke for tea. He was high on India’s Draupadi Ka Danda II, an 18,600-foot peak in the Gangotri range of the Garhwal Himalayas, near the Chinese border. The mountain, often called DKD2, is surrounded by intimidating 6,000-meter giants like Thalay Sagar, Shivling, and Meru—the latter home to the Shark’s Fin, a wall of granite that was first climbed in 2011 by Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturk and chronicled in the popular 2015 documentary Meru. DKD2, while 3,200 feet shorter and far less severe in comparison, is still glaciated and crevassed, and it harbors some of the same deadly hazards as the range’s fabled peaks… Outside

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Discover Cantonese Food Culture

China’s food culture is as diverse as the multitude of spoken dialects. From the coastal cities to inland provinces, every regional community has its own cooking methods, condiments and flavours, born of the local climate, produce and customs. However, most ‘Chinese’ food in other parts of the world are in fact, adapted and evolved from Cantonese origins. This is due to the mass migration of Guangdong people during the late Qing dynasty period in the 1800s-1900s.

Guangdong is a south-eastern coastal province of China, with Guangzhou as its capital. Home to Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew and Guangxi people – who also make up many of the immigrant descendants around the globe. Cantonese cuisine specifically refers to the culinary arts and tradition of Cantonese speakers, who are the most prominent community… Asian Inspirations

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