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Climbing Mount Everest may get even harder
A new proposal from Nepal aims to tighten requirements and improve climber safety on the world's tallest peak, but such ...
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Long Lines On Mount Everest Sound Like An Absolute Nightmare And Make Me Never Want To Go
Image via Shutterstock Standing in a long line is bad enough. But standing in a long line in the sub-zero cold sounds like a ...
Nepal’s mountaineering community celebrates 72nd anniversary of Mount Everest conquest
Nepal’s mountaineering community has celebrated the 72nd anniversary of the conquest of the world’s highest peak.
Mount Everest’s Record-Setting Sherpa Sees a Future of Snowless Mountains and Fewer Guides
Kami Rita Sherpa scaled Mount Everest for the 31st time on Tuesday. We spoke to him about what is next for the mountain.
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Climbers Summit Mount Everest in Five Days Using Controversial Xenon Gas
The four British former special forces soldiers left the United Kingdom on May 16. By 7:10 a.m. on May 21, they were standing at the top of the 29,032-foot-tall peak ...
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Britons Climb Everest Within Days With Xenon Gas, Mountaineering Ethics Are At Stake
Should it be possible to climb Everest in less than a week with performance enhancers? Here are the implications for Nepal, ...