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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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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,Cl…
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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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Mount Everest is 2.8 feet taller as China and Nepal finally agree on the height of the world's highest peak
The world’s highest peak just got a little taller. A joint survey by China and Nepal has concluded …
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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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'This is my year's earnings': Nepal's tourism industry is reeling after the Everest climbing season was canceled
Over 1 million workers in Nepal rely on tourism, but a nationwide lockdown has left many unable to …
Robert Leslie
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The first woman amputee to summit Everest shares her incredible story of determination
Since that day in May 2013, Sinha has scaled the highest peaks on five other continents and is j…
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The scary Mt. Everest Avalanche in pictures
The extent of the devastation caused as well as that of rescue operations on in the mountain region…
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Scary gets a new meaning. Watch this dramatic footage of the Mt. Everest avalanche
The deadly avalanche has been captured by someone in a video that seems to have given the word ‘sca…
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What the deadly Mount Everest avalanche looked like at base camp
The video was shot by German adventurer Jost Kobusch, according to ITV. He filmed the incoming wall…
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The Nepalese government has closed Mount Everest ahead of its busy spring climbing season as a 'precaution' against the coronavirus outbreak
The country, which also plans to stop issuing visas until April 30, was last forced to interrupt it…
Rhea Mahbubani,Rhea Mahbubani
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Dead bodies litter Mount Everest because it's so dangerous and expensive to get them down
As May temperatures warm and winds stall, the favorable springtime Everest climbing conditions are …
Hilary Brueck
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A former teacher from Hong Kong just broke the record for the fastest Everest ascent by a woman
Tsang Yin-hung, a former schoolteacher, scaled Everest in 25 hours and 50 minutes, beating the prev…
Cheryl Teh
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Mount Everest is clogged with inexperienced climbers, but there's too much money at stake for anyone to do anything about it
But death has always lurked on Everest, with its slopes claiming 200 lives since 1992, according to…
Áine Cain,Allana Akhtar
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At least 11 people died on Mount Everest last week. But it's just the 10th deadliest mountain in the Himalayas.
According to NASA's Earth Observatory, Annapurna I - the 10th highest mountain in the world - is th…
Aylin Woodward
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What 'summit fever' and the record number of deaths on Mount Everest can teach you about the dark side of goals
When you want to accomplish something, Alter suggests that instead of setting some lofty target, yo…
Allana Akhtar
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Climbers are tweeting about being trapped on Mount Everest after earthquake-triggered avalanche kills 18
Last year, 16 Nepalese Sherpas were killed by an avalanche as they were working to prepare the rout…
Dina Spector
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A Mount Everest record-holder says summit 'traffic jams' aren't the problem - it's the trek down that kills people
Although Sherpas serve as guides, climbing the mountain is extremely dangerous for them, too. Pasan…
Hilary Brueck
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One man climbed Mount Everest 7 times and survived countless avalanches - here's what he learned about success in the process
"These unexpected occurrences sapped my resources and left me emotionally drained. Sometimes I even…
Rachel Gillett
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What the top of Mount Everest is really like, according to the woman who's been there a record-breaking 9 times
People who attempt to summit the mountain typically spend upwards of $25,000 on the experience, buy…