Meet Anurag Maloo, the mountaineer who speaks for glaciers
Mountaineer Anurag Maloo, who survived a near-death experience in a crevasse on Annapurna, has dedicated his life to raising awareness about glacier loss. He founded The Voice of Glaciers Foundation to address the urgent threat climate change poses to global water security.
Why it matters
It highlights the intersection of extreme sports, personal survival, and the critical environmental issue of melting Himalayan glaciers.
In April 2023, mountaineer Anurag Maloo was just about 150 metres from the Annapurna Summit. As the weather worsened, he decided to turn back but during further descent from Camp 3 on April 17, he mistakenly clipped into the wrong fixed rope and disappeared into a crevasse: a trap with no way out. Falling roughly 70 metres into the glacier’s frozen gut at close to 6,000 metres, where the temperature hovered around -40°C, with no food, water or communication, Anurag waited for three days with only his GoPro for company, recording thoughts from inside the glacier.
The article is a human-interest feature focusing on environmental advocacy and personal narrative.
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