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'Heavy lifter' drones could soon solve Mount Everest's trash problem
Sherpas will be trained to use the drones to help them remove the 50 tons of metric waste left by a…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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She's climbed Mount Everest a record-setting 10 times. But her most terrifying moments weren't on the deadly mountain.
Until now, few people knew about the struggles and triumphs of Lhakpa Sherpa, the woman who has sum…
Maria Noyen
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Forget Mt. Everest it's not even close to the most difficult mountains to climb, according to mountaineers
Professional mountaineers say climbing Mt. Everest is a walk in the park compared to smaller, more …
Ellyn Lapointe
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Mt. Everest is an 'amateur' climb compared to these other peaks, according to a professional mountaineer
Mountaineer Garrett Madison has summited Mt. Everest 14 times. He says the world's tallest peak is …
Ellyn Lapointe
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One of Mt. Everest's deadliest passages is growing even more treacherous
One of Mount Everest's deadliest passages, the Khumbu Icefall, delayed this year's climbing season …
Ellyn Lapointe
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The Expense of the Expanse: Mount Everest
Follow the journey to Mount Everest base camp and beyond from the perspective of the Sherpas who wo…
Business Insider
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Climbing Mount Everest can be deadly. Some Sherpa guides say the grueling work isn't worth it anymore.
Sherpas are built to climb Everest. But high risks and relatively meager pay of guide work could dr…
Maria Noyen,Enxhi Dylgjeri,Clancy Morgan
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A family hiked with their 4 young kids — including their 2-year-old — to Mt. Everest's base camp
The Matulis family told Insider that they considered turning back from their hike to Everest when t…
Chris Panella
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Nepal is planning to move its Everest base camp because of rapidly thinning glaciers and erosion from climbers
The base camp, which is on top of a glacier thinning at a rate of 1 meter per year, is unsafe for c…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Mount Everest is now a trash-filled, overcrowded tourist spot, says the last living member of Edmund Hillary's team
Kanchha Sherpa helped Edmund Hillary reach the peak of Mount Everest in 1953. He says the mountain …
Lauren Edmonds
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Climbers on Mount Everest will be ordered to buy poop bags and bring their waste back down with them, authorities say
To improve a smelly, unsightly situation, climbers scaling Mount Everest will be ordered to buy poo…
Joshua Zitser
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I made the iconic hike to Everest Base Camp. Here are 11 things that surprised me about the trek.
I hiked to Everest Base Camp in October 2022.Hope Chen
Hope Chen
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I trekked to Everest base camp here are 14 things I packed for the almost 2-week trip to stay warm and hydrated with the rising altitude
Wearing my trusty Gore-Tex rain jacket on the way to Everest base camp.Aleenah Ansari
Aleenah Ansari
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Microplastics found at the highest point on Earth as the glaciers around Mount Everest’s death zone melt
Microplastics are one of the most harmful side effects of humans using the planet, and they're incr…
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Nepal's is banning Mount Everest climbers from taking pictures and videos of 'others' without consent
Nepals Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation has put a ban on taking and circulating pict…
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A sherpa described finding a freezing climber in Everest's 'death zone' and carrying him down on his back in an epic rescue
The stricken climber was carried down Mount Everest by local Nepalese sherpas from a zone where tem…
Isobel van Hagen
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Nepal has granted a record number of permits to climb Everest despite potential for traffic jams in the so-called 'death zone'
Experts say overcrowding in Mount Everest's "death zone" could be dangerous. But Nepal's government…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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IIM-A swells with pride as 9 students out on leadership expedition climb Mt Everest
One needs to get a taste of what leadership means to see how fit you are to get into such roles.…
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People are paying up to $130,000 to climb Mount Everest with personal photographers and private bars at base camp
One company, Seven Summit Treks, charges $130,000 per person for a "VVIP" Mount Everest package tha…
Katie Warren
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At least 17 Everest climbers have tested positive for the coronavirus, but Nepal refuses to say there's an outbreak
Climbers aren't being required to undergo regular testing. Nepali officials have refused to acknow…