Everest

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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Team Of Scientists Go To Great Heights For Research

AP | BINAJ GURUBACHARYA | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Everest, Katmandu, Mountain Climbing, Nepal, Physiology, New Research, Heart Disease, Mount Everest, Mountains, Mayo Clinic, Video, Science News

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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Everest A Surprising Lab For Studying Effects Of Aging

The Mayo Clinic | Posted 04.30.2012

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A team from The Mayo Clinic set out this week to conduct research from the world's highest peak, since as it turns out the effects of altitude on the ...

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Dog Ears Music: The Ides of March and Its Afterlife Playlist

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Ian Hunter, The Rolling Stones, Black Diamond Heavies, The Brothers Johnson, Css, Ike & Tina Turner, Horse Feathers, Nick Drake, Everest, Foals, Billy Fury, Iggy Pop, Nico, Danielle Evin, Bob Dylan, The Hands, Music, mp3s, Asaf Avidan & the Mojos, Richard Swift, Phil Ramone, Death From Above 1979, Ed Harcourt, The Ides of March, Son Lux, Keren Ann, The Hives, The Cloud Room, Dog Ears, Entertainment News

This week we review music by Foals, The Ides of March, Nico, Iggy Pop, The Hives, Ed Harcourt, The Cloud Room and more.

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Dog Ears Music: Volume 201

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: mp3s, Everest, Malcolm McLaren, Film School, Phil Ramone, Danielle Evin, Aunt Martha, Music, Etran Finatawa, The Forminx, Dog Ears, Entertainment News

This week we review albums by Everest, Malcolm McLaren, Etran Finatawa, Aunt Martha, The Forminx, and others.

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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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How To Make Your Life Your Adventure

Elia Saikaly | Posted 10.21.2011

Read More: Himalayas, Adventure, Everest, Charity, Mountains, Non-Profits, Travel Blogs, Travel News

Have you ever found yourself asking the question "I wonder if there is something more out there for me?" The dream that I had, that few understood, has taken me to the far ends of the Earth and has evolved into a non-profit organization that is truly changing people's lives.

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Climbing Mt. Everest For The Women And Children Of The Congo

Georgina Miranda | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Sexual Violence, Everest, Rape, Drc, Travel, Climbing, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Sexual Assault, Seven Summits, Mountain Climbing, Charity, Impact News

When I embarked on Everest, I had five of the seven summits behind me, but everything about this mountain, both physically and emotionally, was on a whole other level.

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Sir Edmund Hillary Built His First Sherpa School 50 Years Ago; Now There Are 63

James M. Clash | Posted 08.01.2011

This week not only marks the 58th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary's first ascent of Everest, but the 50th anniversary of the Khumjung School, the first of many educational institutions Hillary built for the Sherpa people.

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

Georgina Miranda | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Hiking, Women's Issues, Everest, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mountaineering, Climbing, Congo, Mount Everest, International Medical Corps, Humanitarian Crisis, Women's Health, Humanitarian Aid, Impact News

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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Linkin Park Goes To The UN: A Conversation With Mike Shinoda

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Linkin Park, Enrique Iglesias, Glitch Mob, Everest, Red Cross, UN Foundation, Lupe Fiasco, Pro Tools, Alanis Morissette, Twitter, Music for Relief, Download to Donate, Haiti Relief, Crystal Method, Facebook, MTV VMAs, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, Puerta De Alcalá, The Griffith Observatory, Dave "Phoenix" Farrell, Jack Johnson, Metric, All American Rejects, Garage Band, Logic, Kenna, Topspin, Mike Shinoda, Bandcamp, Entertainment News

Mike Shinoda of Lincoln Park agrees with the assessment that his band is a band in which everyone is always experimenting with new things.

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Mythographers: Recalling The Future, Foretelling The Past

Kisa Lala | Posted 05.25.2011

By Kiša Lala Cave, 2010, Mars: Adrift on the Hourglass Sea © Kahn & Selesnick, Courtesy of the Artist and Yancey Richardson Gallery I found...

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HuffPost Exclusive: Henry Wolfe's "Someone Else," Plus A Conversation With Everest's Russ Pollard

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Csny, Guster, Sundance Film Festival, Everest, Henry Wolfe, Wxrt, Longhorn Slim, Joel Graves, The Roots, Neil Young, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Russ Pollard, Kcrw, Edward Sharpe, Peter Field, Matt Caost, The Magnetic Zeros, Bravo Silva, Malachi DeLorenzo, Aaron Older, My Morning Jacket, Nico Aglietti, Julie & Julia, Jimmy Fallon, Elliot Roberts, Band of Horses, Electric Cars, Entertainment News

A onetime New Yorker and front man for indie rockers Bravo Silva, L.A. musician and singer-songwriter Henry Wolfe's new album, Linda Vista, will be out late March 2011.

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Nepal: Stepping Forward for a Better Future (PHOTOS)

Catherine Cussaguet | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Girls Education, Sex Trafficking, Tourism, Everest, Nepal, Trekking, Himalayas, Sherpas, Gender Inequality, Slidepollajax, World News

I returned to Nepal for three weeks, trekking in an area called Langtang. I went there for a recreational purpose but this journey was also a great learning experience about the state of Nepal today.

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Everest Gets Wired

AP | BINAJ GURUBACHARYA and GEORGE TIBBITS | Posted 05.25.2011

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KATMANDU, Nepal — You can't get away from a cell phone call, even at the top of the world. Thanks to 3G towers newly installed near Mount Evere...

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Everest Sherpa Still Missing From Avalance

Chadwick Hagan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ang Tscherring, Chhewang Nima, Mount Baruntse, Everest, AP Report, Sherpa, World News

Everest Sherpa legend, Chhewang Nima is still missing and feared dead in the Himalayas. A renowned mountain climber, Nima was well known in climbing circles for reaching the summit of Everest nineteen times.

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Minus The Bear Keeps Energy High At Webster Hall

Emmanuel Moran | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Nycbeat, Webster Hall, Everest, Concert, Minus the Bear, Omni, New York News

"No you're the best, no you are," said the front man of Everest, the opening act for Minus the Bear last night at Webster Hall. The night felt almo...

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Climber Left To Die After Reaching Top Of Mount Everest

Posted 05.25.2011

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By Andy McSmith, The Independent At one o'clock in the afternoon, the British climber Peter Kinloch was on the roof of the world, in bright sunlig...

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Apa, Nepalese Sherpa, To Climb Everest For 20th Time

AP | BINAJ GURUBACHARYA | Posted 05.25.2011

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KATMANDU, Nepal — A 49-year-old Nepalese Sherpa guide who holds the record for the most conquests of Mount Everest will make his 20th climb this...

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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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Climbing Mt. Everest to Build Peace School in Nepal

Subhash Ghimire | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ania Lichota, Sarswati Foundation, Everest, Poland, Nepal, Mt. Everest, Peace, School, Wanda Rutkiewicz, Jerzy Kukuczka, Sarswati Peace School, Peace School, Impact News

After months of preparation, Ania Lichota is beginning her climb of Mt. Everest, an effort she is undertaking to raise money to build the Sarswati Peace School in rural Nepal.

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