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2 climbers die on Mount Everest; expedition organizers still deciding if and when bodies will be retrieved
Two people died while climbing Mount Everest as hundreds of climbers are attempting to scale the world's highest peak, ...
Can Mount Everest really be climbed in a week?
An expedition is planning to take clients up the world's tallest mountain in record time with xenon gas. But some in the ...
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Filipino climber dies in attempt to scale Mt. Everest
A 45-year-old Filipino was reported to have died in his attempt to ascend Mount Everest in Nepal. A report from The Himalayan ...
The Hike to Mount Everest Base Camp Doesn’t Feel So Remote
In his latest dispatch from the hike to Mount Everest Base Camp, the writer discusses how the booming tourism industry has ...
British climber reaches Everest summit for a record 19th time and plans a 20th
KATHMANDU, Nepal -- A British climber who scaled Mount Everest for the 19th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak by a non-Sherpa guide, returned from the ...
British mountaineer scales Mount Everest for record 19th time
Kenton Cool, 51, from southwest England, first climbed Mount Everest in 2004 and has been doing it almost every year since ...
They want to climb Everest in a week using an anesthetic gas. Critics warn it’s dangerous
Four ex-military friends are planning to summit Everest without the usual lengthy acclimitization period, relying on ...
Deaths and Rescues Amid the Summit Push on Mount Everest
On Friday, May 16, word circulated that a climber from India named Subrata Gosh had died on Mount Everest after descending from the summit to the Hillary Step at an elevation of 28,839 feet. Outside ...
She escaped an avalanche and became the first woman to summit Everest. Today, few remember her name
Japanese climber Junko Tabei was part of an-woman team climbing Mount Everest. Despite almost being crushed in an avalanche, ...
Adrian Ballinger Leads Rapid Ascent Climb on Mount Everest
Elite mountaineer, skier, certified mountain guide, and entrepreneur Adrian Ballinger tackles big mountains and challenges.
British climber scales Everest for 19th time, breaking own record for most climbs by a non-Sherpa
A British mountain guide has scaled Mount Everest for the 19th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest mountain by a non-Sherpa guide ...
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Four men court controversy with audacious plan to scale Everest in one week
Four British men will hop on a plane Friday in London, fly roughly 4,600 miles to Kathmandu in Nepal and then board a helicopter to Mount Everest’s base camp. From there, they’ll climb to an ...