Siachen Glacier: The Battle Of Roses

Editor of The Himalayan Journal, recipient of the Patron's Medal of the Royal Geographical society and honorary member of the British Alpine Club, Harish Kapadia has skilfully combined historical, geographical and practical guidance to increase our understanding of the Himalayan region through fifteen books and numerous articles. In the four decades of his mountaineering career, he has climbed more than thirty Himalayan peaks, many of them first ascents. As an expedition leader, he had initiated several joint expeditions with climbers from the United Kingdom, France, Japan and the United States to explore the Indian Himalayas.