Himalaya Dispatch

The Himalayan Frontier: spears, clubs and airships.

The Hump.

C-46 planes crossing 'The Hump', a dangerous cargo route over the Himalaya from India to China, WW2. No emergency landing strips, crashes so frequent it was nicknamed "the aluminum trail".

'Harts Over the Himalayas', Frank Wootton, c. 1967.

आजकल फिर से ग़लत संगत में पड़ गया हूँ। बिगड़ी औलादों के साथ उठना बैठना ज़रा ज़्यादा ही हो रहा है।

Somewhere, Eastern Himalaya. May 2026.

Somewhere in the Eastern Himalaya. May 2026.

François Ardan describing his aerial journey across the Maritime Alps, 1849—the first balloonist to do so: "...Mont Blanc dominated the clouds, resembling a huge block of crystal scintillating with a million fires..."

Mulling dropping the "The". Would it be cleaner?