Escape from Annapurna-three Indians made it, Irishman didn't

It's lonely at the top. Who knows it better than mountaineers?They won't trade it for anything. Those hours at the summit, lungs straining but mission accomplished, are the gilded moments in a climber's career, trophies moulded in suffering and sacrifice. Arjun Vajpai (29) has had a few of those in his expeditions to Everest, Kanchenjunga, Lhotse, Makalu, Cho Oyu and Manaslu. He knows the feeling well.