Justin Alexander went searching for higher meaning. No one expected the quest to end in a search for his body.

What it takes to deliver basic medical care to the most remote corners of the Himalayas.

Who gets out alive when disaster strikes? The people who can afford it.

Eco-tourism in the Himalayas.

The valley is everything you'd want and more. An icy milky river thunders over rocks and below steep wooded slopes are lush fields where people are working the land, oblivious to the Gore-Tex procession. Oblivious but not unaffected: the houses are smart, the prayer wheels freshly painted, just about everyone has a mobile phone, it seems, and is on it, and there are very few places you can't get a signal around here. This is not really the place to come if you're looking for peace and quiet.