Warmest congratulations to @jonwestaway.bsky.social for this very well-deserved recognition of his exceptional leadership and commitment to engaging a broad public with geographical and historical knowledge of Mount Everest and mountaineering!

Our friends in The Confluence Collective have made a short film of our Kalimpong exhibition. बाउ को धुरी छैन “Father Has No Roof over his head” Kalimpong, India 21-27 February 2026 shorturl.at/6IbjP #Himalaya #Archives #IndigenousWork #Mountaineering @peterhhansen.bsky.social

Check out @peterhhansen.bsky.social's review of Robin Patten's "The Mountain: Journeys in High Places," published in 2025 by University of Utah Press; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #alpine www.h-net.org/reviews/show...

New podcast! Talking with @peterhhansen.bsky.social sky.social about how #mountaineering & #modernity emerged together & how the idea of the 'summit position' came to encompass concepts of sovereignty and empire from the #Alps to #Everest shorturl.at/oI5fh #EnvHist #EnvHums @nichecanada.bsky.social

New podcast! Talking with @peterhhansen.bsky.social about how #mountaineering & #modernity emerged together & how the idea of the 'summit position' came to encompass concepts of sovereignty and empire from the #Alps to #Everest. shorturl.at/oI5fh #EnvHist @eseh.bsky.social @iceho.bsky.social

New podcast! Talking with @peterhhansen.bsky.social about how #mountaineering & #modernity emerged together & how the idea of the 'summit position' came to encompass concepts of sovereignty and empire from the #Alps to #Everest. shorturl.at/oI5fh @mtnresearchmri.bsky.social @mrdjournal.bsky.social

Skimo's debut at the Winter Olympics was a great opportunity to talk about the longer connections between science and mountaineering with Flora Lichtman on NPR's Science Friday: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/win...

Really fun to talk with Fredricka Whitfield at CNN about Ski mountaineering, or #Skimo, the newest Winter Olympics competition that combines two sports with long histories. Mixed relays promote the Olympics goal of gender equality. www.cnn.com/2026/02/14/s...

New podcast! We talk to historian of science @lachlanfleetwood.bsky.social about early 19th C. imperial science in the #Himalaya & the emergence of a 'vertically oriented view of the world' where altitude comes to define mountains #HistSci #EnvHist shorturl.at/51fJe @peterhhansen.bsky.social

Happy Science Friday! Here’s what we’re covering today on the show. Listen on your local public radio station, 2-4 p.m. ET. ⛷️ 🐐 ⭐️ 🧑‍💻 📸 : Kevin White Learn more here: buff.ly/8RIIRNG

Are goats the GOAT of mountaineering?🏔️🐐 Host Flora Lichtman learns about climbing snowy mountains as “skimo,” aka ski mountaineering, ⛷️ makes its debut as a Winter Olympic event. Plus, a wildlife ecologist talks about the gravity-defying skills of mountain goats. buff.ly/4QwuKnV

बाउ को धुरी छैन “Father Has No Roof over his head” An #OtherEverests #ConfluenceCollective exhibition in Kalimpong 21-27 February 2026 shorturl.at/YrbVv Lost archives & hidden histories of Indigenous high-altitude workers from the 1920s & 1930s. @peterhhansen.bsky.social @calmandfearless.bsky.social