Skimming headlines this morning I happened to notice a story about a climber from Germany falling some 1,500-1,700 metres (about 5,000 feet) to his death on a mountain in Nepal called Ama Dablam. An accident on the other side of the planet, killing an individual who I never met, seems insignificant amid news of more dramatic disasters – train wrecks, riots, avalanches, U.S. politics – and yet the story touched me on several levels.
A Death on Ama Dablam – Nepal, 2026
