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Despite Deaths, Scores Of Climbers Headed For Everest Summit

AP | BINAJ GURUBACHARYA | Posted 05.25.2012

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KATMANDU, Nepal -- Scores of climbers were headed for the summit of Mount Everest on Friday in what is expected to another busy weekend on the top of ...

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73-year-old Japanese Woman Scales Mount Everest

AP | BINAJ GURUBACHARYA | Posted 05.20.2012

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KATMANDU, Nepal -- A 73-year-old Japanese woman climbed to Mount Everest's peak Saturday, smashing her own record to again become the oldest woman to ...

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Team Of Scientists Go To Great Heights For Research

AP | BINAJ GURUBACHARYA | Posted 04.20.2012

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KATMANDU, Nepal -- A team of American scientists and researchers flew to the Mount Everest region on Friday to set up a laboratory at the base of the ...

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Father Returns To Nepal In Search For Daughter

AP | Posted 10.12.2011

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KATMANDU, Nepal — The father of a 23-year-old American woman who went missing more than a year ago while hiking alone in Nepal says he is organi...

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Nepal Plane Crash: 4 Americans Among 14 Killed

AP | BINAJ GURUBACHARYA | Posted 05.25.2011

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KATMANDU, Nepal — A small passenger plane heading to the Mount Everest region crashed in heavy rain outside Nepal's capital, killing all 14 peop...

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Dalai Lama Celebrates 75th Birthday In India With Supporters

Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP) DHARMSALA, India — The Dalai Lama celebrated his 75th birthday Tuesday with hundreds of cheering followers in this northern Indian town whe...

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Oh Eun-sun Becomes First Woman To Conquer World's 14 Highest Mountains (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP) -- Scroll down for photos -- KATMANDU, Nepal - A South Korean mountaineer became the first woman to scale the world's 14 highest mountains, crawl...

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Apa, Everest Sherpa: Global Warming Makes Climbing Harder

AP | BINAJ GURUBACHARYA | Posted 05.25.2011

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KATMANDU, Nepal — A Nepalese Sherpa who climbed Mount Everest for a record 20th time said Tuesday that the melting of glacier ice along its slop...

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