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The Himalayan Journals — real stories from century-old Himalayan field notes.

Episode: The 1936 Swiss Himalayan Expedition: How Arnold Heim and August Gansser Redefined Mountain Geology
(Kumaon–Garhwal Himalaya / Geological Survey / Swiss Expedition, 1936)

What you’ll hear

• How two Swiss scientists read the Himalaya not as climbers, but as geologists
• The story of Arnold Heim and August Gansser’s six-month traverse through Kumaon and Garhwal
• Fossils at 17,000 ft, Triassic limestone, and the discovery of thrust sheets once mistaken for volcanoes
• A rare glimpse into early geological fieldwork — mapping, sampling, and reasoning by hand lens and notebook
• The insight that reshaped Himalayan science: the mountains are still moving

Chapters

00:00 Secrets written in stone
01:28 Why the Swiss came to the Himalaya
03:20 Fieldwork in Kumaon and the discovery of thrust sheets
05:09 Revising the myth of “volcanic” rocks
06:39 Glaciers, fossils, and rising land
07:08 Heim’s conclusion — the living mountains

Calm content manifesto

No flag on the summit. No race.
Only notebooks, rock hammers, and the patience to listen to mountains.

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About the series

The Himalayan Journals revives original accounts from The Himalayan Club Journal (1900–1938) — rediscovering a time when exploration meant curiosity, not conquest.

Credits

Research & curation: @the.photoguy (Rajarshi Mitra)
Narration: AI voice (calm profile)
Music/SFX: minimal, archival tone
Primary source: The Himalayan Club Journal, Vol. VIII (1936–37) — “The Geological Results of the Swiss Himalayan Expedition,” by Arnold Heim & August Gansser

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