Editorial
Jonathan Griffith
Priyashi Negi
Chief Visualiser
Sheetal Mann
Design
Harjeet Singh
Bhavyaa Parashar
Abhishek Gangwar
Sugam Pushpadh
Research & Operations
Prateek Kashyap
Melissa Sherpa
Writers
Saman Waheed
Urvi Bareja
Vidit Mehta
Prakhar Garg
Sana Singh
Shivantee Bhattacharya
Technology
Sachin Arora
Rishabh Jain
Aditya Baghel
Abhishek Tyagi
Business Development
Rajesh Basu
Mandeep Kaur
Amit Ghosh
Sales
Krishna Srinivas
Amit Gupta
Marketing
Vasundhra Sethi
Public Relations
Shreya Bhattacharya
Staff Photographers
Abdul Momin
Saransh Pithauria
Susana Gomez
Tarundeep Singh
Urshita Saini
Cinematographers
Dinesh Prasad Sah
Nikhil Ruhela
Kuldeep
Finance
Neelu Singh
Consultant
Apratim Saha
Mansa Inc.
Editorial
The mountains, they say, never appear quite the same again.
Maybe, that’s why we try to capture them in their essence because
we know that they are not going to remain the same the next
time we look at them. It’s a mystery how those under the spell
of the mountains can never go back the same. Everytime you
come back from the mountains, there seems to have a shift within
you that compels you to look deeper within yourself. This sense
of self discovery is what takes you back to those magnanimous
structures and you fall in love all over again. With the mountains,
with yourself. In this issue of Chiiz magazine, we celebrate the
mountains and bring to you, stories from the highlands.
The love of mountains knows no age and once bitten by the
mountaineering bug, one can never go back. One such person is
Shivangi Pathak, a 16-year-old girl, who has made history by being
the youngest female to climb the Mt. Everest, the highest peak in
the world. Climbing a high-altitude peak is a Herculean task in itself
and to document the climb with high-end photography equipment,
even more so. But we have photographers and filmmakers, Tunc
Findic and Alessandro d’Emilia, who climbed and captured on film,
Mt. K2 and Mt. Kangchenjunga respectively.
Namrata Meshram have us drooling all over the pages by fusing
her love for art with food photography. Tim Banfield amazes with
his skills, both as a climber and a photographer as he captures
climbing on ice waterfalls. Bharat Bhushan, Pranav Singh Rawat and
Shekhar Singh together embark on the Western Himalayan Traverse
with the aim of propagating safe mountaineering practices. Pascal
Mannaerts’ photography documents the life in the Pamirs, North
Kurdistan, Tibet, Africa and of the Tsaatan Nomads wonderfully.
Dmitry Arkhipov, with his photography, shows us exactly why he
has been awarded Travel Photographer of the Year for the last two
years. Marsel Van Oosten with his simple yet profound wildlife
photography has, yet again, proved his photography mettle.
In the Mountains Special issue of Chiiz, we salute the
photographers who despite the challenges, go on to the mountains
and acquaint us with the sheer beauty that they exude. The
challenge and achievement of the climb draw us, but it’s really the
beauty that keeps us coming back. Perhaps it’s also the realization
that mountains make better human beings out of us: fitter, calmer,
happier and always looking forward to tomorrow. Here’s to a good
visual treat with the words of Edward Abbey, “May your trails
be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most
amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.”
CEO
Mukesh Kumar
Cover Photo
Fredrik Strang
Regards,
Jonathan Griffith