Mount everest posts
Fox News One of Mount Everest’s famous rocky ridges, known as the Hillary Step, has collapsed, making the near-vertical rock potentially even more dangerous to mountain climbers.
Mount Everest's 'Hillary Step' Collapses, Mountaineers Confirm
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Mountaineers confirmed that the well-known rock, located approximately 28,800 feet above sea level and known as the last obstacle before reaching the top of Mount Everest, was gone.
106 months ago
Forbes The expedition to measure Mount Everest's peak height is on.
Scientists Believe Mount Everest Has Suddenly Shrunk
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The 2015 earthquake in Nepal may have caused Mount Everest to shrink.
110 months ago
I fucking love science
Mount Everest May Have Suddenly Changed Height
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We’re not sure yet, but Mount Everest may have shrunk a little – or grown a little – and both Nepalese and Indian authorities are investigating. According
110 months ago
The Wall Street Journal Professional climber Adrian Ballinger was in phenomenal shape when he left for an expedition to Mount Everest on April 6. When he got down from the mountain on May 28, he was as frail as a 90-year-old man.
How a Climber, Back From Everest, Prepares for His Next Adventures
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Adrian Ballinger, the founder of Alpenglow Expeditions, trained while recovering from an attempt on Mount Everest to prepare for his next climb, to Mount Kilimanjaro.
117 months ago
The Economist Sixty-three years ago, news emerged that Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first known people to summit Mount Everest. More than 4,000 have followed them since, facing rocky crags, treacherous cornices, thin air, and wildly fluctuating tempe Read more ... ratures. But today Everest’s troubles are also man-made
Why Mount Everest is so dangerous
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The two main routes up are terribly overcrowded. That can be fatal
117 months ago
NBC News Some Mount Everest operators have gone public with concerns that the newer cut-rate competitors are cutting corners on safety to keep prices low.
Established Mount Everest Guide Services Warn About Cut-Rate Competitors
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A price war among guiding outfits on Mount Everest is adding to tensions between native Nepalese Sherpas and the Western guiding outfits.
119 months ago
National Geographic Meet Nobukazu Kuriki: A 33-year-old Japanese mountaineer, who prefers to climb alone—and potentially the only person to summit Mount Everest this year.
Everest's Only Climber to Start Summit Push Soon
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He is now on his fifth attempt of Mount Everest.
126 months ago
The WorldPost Incredible images from a photographer who survived the Everest avalanche.
Terrifying Photos From Inside The Deadly Avalanche On Mount Everest
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The devastating earthquake that struck Nepal on Saturday triggered a massive avalanche at Mount Everest that left at least 18 people dead.
Roberto Schmidt, a ph...
131 months ago
NBC News Seventeen bodies have been recovered on Mount Everest.
Rescue Choppers Reach Badly Wounded on Mount Everest
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Everest climbers had appealed for helicopters and help for the dozens of wounded left on the mountain after the deadly avalanche swept through.
131 months ago
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Mount Everest has a poop problem
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Mount Everest has a human waste disposal issue, which has become a health hazard.
133 months ago