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Colo. Man Summits Everest After One Of The Deadliest Days Ever

Posted 05.30.2012

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It's official: Dr. John Kedrowski of Avon, Colorado successfully reached the summit Mount Everest on Friday, May 25. According to Vail Daily, Kedro...

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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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Everest Climber Skips Summit To Rescue Friend

AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 05.25.2012

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ISTANBUL -- An Israeli who rescued a distressed climber on Mount Everest instead of pushing onward to the summit said Friday that the man he helped, a...

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4 Dead On Mount Everest Expedition: How Did Altitude Sickness Play A Role?

Posted 05.21.2012

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Four mountain climbers have died while climbing Mount Everest, according to news reports. Two of those climbers -- a 61-year-old German and a 44-y...

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3 Climbers Perish While Scaling Mt. Everest; 2 Still Missing

AP | BINAJ GURUBACHARYA | Posted 05.21.2012

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KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Three climbers died and two others were missing while descending from the summit of Mount Everest — a toll that raised conc...

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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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PHOTOS: Meeting A Survivor On Everest

Richard Wiese | Posted 05.15.2012

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There were yak traffic-jams, forests of flowers and children playing with tires around yak-dung fires. At night the sky opened, a ceiling punctured by the brightest stars I had ever seen.

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PEAKING LATE: 70-Year-Old Mountain Climber Plans Rare And Risky Everest Ascent

Reuters | Posted 05.10.2012

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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, May 10 (Reuters) - A 70-year-old climber who became the oldest American to scale Mount Everest three years ...

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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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Join A National Geographic Everest Expedition

Posted 04.19.2012

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The legendary mountain climber Conrad Anker is on his way up Everest and, thanks to the May iPad edition of National Geographic Magazine, you can tag ...

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And The Adventurers Of The Year Are...

Posted 02.29.2012

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Simply climbing and descending from the highest mountain in the world safely wasn't enough for two Nepalis. They had to throw in some paragliding and ...

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The Ultimate Winter Adventure? Think New Hampshire, Not Tibet

Peter Mandel | Posted 03.18.2012

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"Since we cannot count on 100% reliable transportation," said the flyer mailed to me in advance, "You must be in good physical condition so that you can hike to safety ... in rugged weather conditions with energy-sapping cold, chilling and buffeting winds and through deep drifted snow." I was ready.

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Over 1,000 Stranded Hikers At Everest Evacuated

AP | Posted 01.08.2012

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KATMANDU, Nepal -- Around 1,200 foreign trekkers stranded for about a week by bad weather in the Mount Everest area have been evacuated. The weather ...

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Hundreds Of Trekkers Stranded On Mount Everest Finally Able To Leave

AP | By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA | Posted 01.07.2012

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KATMANDU, Nepal -- More than 2,000 foreign trekkers stranded up to a week began leaving the Mount Everest region Monday as fog lifted and flights resu...

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1,200 Everest Hikers Stranded By Bad Weather

AP | Posted 01.04.2012

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KATMANDU, Nepal -- More than 1,000 foreign trekkers are stranded in the foothills of Mount Everest because bad weather has not allowed planes to take ...

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Record-Setting Explorer Eric Larsen: Why And How He Does It

Avital Binshtock | Posted 12.18.2011

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Eric Larsen, 40, is the first person to have reached the South Pole, the North Pole and the summit of Mount Everest within the span of one year. The goal is to get people to care -- and do something -- about climate change, the effects of which Larsen saw first hand on his journeys.

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Eco Group: We Need Port-a-Potties On Everest, Excrement Is A Big Problem

www.newser.com | Posted 12.13.2011

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When you gotta go, you gotta go—even on Everest. And an environmental group says it's high time the mountain has portable toilets. "Human waste is a...

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The Forgotten Heroes Of The Himalayas

Elia Saikaly | Posted 11.20.2011

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Since Mt. Everest was first successfully climbed in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay from the South side in Nepal, it's become ever so co...

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Vail Vacation: Get Fit, Lose Weight, Rejuvenate

Meg Hemphill | Posted 10.24.2011

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You'll leave this mountain hamlet feeling refreshed and looking a little leaner and younger.

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Nepal Will Re-Measure Mount Everest In Effort To End China Row

AP | By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA | Posted 09.20.2011

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KATMANDU, Nepal -- Nepal has ordered a new measurement of Mount Everest to determine exactly how high the world's highest mountain is. The Himalayan ...

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Everest: Summit, at What Cost?

Georgina Miranda | Posted 09.11.2011

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After three hours of restless sleep, I rose at 3 am to pack up my gear, test my oxygen mask, and start the ascent to the South Col (26,000 ft.), the fourth and final camp before the summit of Everest.

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'Super Sherpa' Climbs Everest For Record 21st Time

AP/The Huffington Post | By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA | Posted 07.11.2011

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KATMANDU, Nepal -- A Nepalese Sherpa on Wednesday broke his own record for most climbs of Mount Everest by scaling the world's tallest peak for the 21...

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First Tweet Sent From Atop Mount Everest

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 07.06.2011

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[UPDATE] American Eric Larsen climbed Everest in October 2010 equipped with an Earthmate PN-60w, which uses GPS signals rather than 3G. On October 15,...

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California Man Dies While Scaling Mount Everest

AP | Posted 07.04.2011

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ROSEVILLE, Calif. — The family of a Northern California man who was climbing Mount Everest says he died during the dangerous trek up the world's...

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Everest: As Quickly As It Can Freeze You, It Can Fry You Too

Georgina Miranda | Posted 06.19.2011

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The climb to and on the glacier was grueling. It took three hours to climb up the glacier and 1.5 hours down. The sun beat down on the ice and practically baked us in our climbing gear.

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