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Irish Woman, 21, Falls 500-Feet To Her Death While Rock Climbing In Spain
The incident occurred on Friday evening when the woman and her friend were practicing rock climbing and suddenly plummeted.
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Indian Climber Rescued From Mount Everest Dies, 8th Death This Season
An Indian climber rescued from Everest has died in hospital, a Nepali tourism official said Tuesday, taking the number of fatalities this season on the world's highest mountain to eight.
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Video Of 'Traffic Jam' On Mount Everest Goes Viral As 2 Climbers Feared Dead
This is just one of the many clips of an apparent constant rush hour getting to the top of world's highest peak (at 8,848 metres).
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British Climber And Nepali Guide Feared Dead After Reaching Mount Everest Summit
The duo were part of a group of 15 who reached the summit of the world's highest mountain at 29,032 feet.
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Kenyan Climber, His Nepali Guide Die On Mount Everest
A Kenyan and a Nepali climber have died close to Everest's summit, tourism officials said Thursday, taking this season's toll on the world's highest mountain to at least four.
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Record-Setting Russian Climber Dies While Scaling Nepal Mountain
Rescuers in Nepal confirmed Tuesday the death of a well-known Russian climber on Mount Dhaulagiri, the world's seventh-highest peak, but bad weather prevented the recovery of her body.
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UK Man Climbing Instagram-Famous 'Stairway To Heaven' Falls 300 Feet To His Death
The tragic incident happened on September 12 when the 42-year-old embarked on a solo climb up the ladder.
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US Climber Achieves Rare Everest 'Triple Crown' As Death Count Reaches 12
A renowned US mountain guide has achieved the rare Mount Everest region "triple crown" of climbing the Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse peaks in one season, a hiking firm said on Friday, as the season's death count on the world's highest mountain hit 12.
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Australian Man Dies Just After Reaching The Summit Of Mount Everest
He died in what is commonly known by Everest climbers as the ''death zone'', the area of the mountain above 8000 meters.
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'Because It's There': The Enduring Global Appeal Of Conquering Everest
The death of a US climber on Mount Everest, the fourth fatality this season, has shone a spotlight on the dangers of scaling the world's highest peak.
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US Climber Dies On Everest, 4th Death This Season
A US mountaineer has died on Everest in the fourth fatality on the world's highest peak this climbing season.
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Uttarkashi Avalanche: 12 More Bodies Retrieved, Number Of Deaths Now 16
The death count in the Uttarkashi avalanche rose to 16 after 12 more mountaineers' bodies were recovered on Thursday, Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) said. Fifteen climbers are still believed to be missing.
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5 More Bodies Recovered; Death Count Rises To 9 In Uttarakhand Avalanche
Five more bodies were recovered today, two days after a team of climbers from the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering were trapped by an avalanche in Uttarkashi, the institute said.
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Russian Climber Pavel Kostrikin Dies Trying To Scale Mount Everest
Russian climber Pavel Kostrikin died at Camp I of Mount Everest, the first reported death of a foreigner on the world's highest peak in the current climbing season that began in March.
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He Made It To One Of World's Highest Peaks, But Died During Descent
A Greek climber died Tuesday on Nepal's rugged Mount Dhaulagiri, expedition organisers said, in the first recorded fatality of this year's busy Himalayan spring climbing season.
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Irish Woman, 21, Falls 500-Feet To Her Death While Rock Climbing In Spain
The incident occurred on Friday evening when the woman and her friend were practicing rock climbing and suddenly plummeted.
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Indian Climber Rescued From Mount Everest Dies, 8th Death This Season
An Indian climber rescued from Everest has died in hospital, a Nepali tourism official said Tuesday, taking the number of fatalities this season on the world's highest mountain to eight.
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Video Of 'Traffic Jam' On Mount Everest Goes Viral As 2 Climbers Feared Dead
This is just one of the many clips of an apparent constant rush hour getting to the top of world's highest peak (at 8,848 metres).
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British Climber And Nepali Guide Feared Dead After Reaching Mount Everest Summit
The duo were part of a group of 15 who reached the summit of the world's highest mountain at 29,032 feet.
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Kenyan Climber, His Nepali Guide Die On Mount Everest
A Kenyan and a Nepali climber have died close to Everest's summit, tourism officials said Thursday, taking this season's toll on the world's highest mountain to at least four.
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Record-Setting Russian Climber Dies While Scaling Nepal Mountain
Rescuers in Nepal confirmed Tuesday the death of a well-known Russian climber on Mount Dhaulagiri, the world's seventh-highest peak, but bad weather prevented the recovery of her body.
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UK Man Climbing Instagram-Famous 'Stairway To Heaven' Falls 300 Feet To His Death
The tragic incident happened on September 12 when the 42-year-old embarked on a solo climb up the ladder.
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US Climber Achieves Rare Everest 'Triple Crown' As Death Count Reaches 12
A renowned US mountain guide has achieved the rare Mount Everest region "triple crown" of climbing the Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse peaks in one season, a hiking firm said on Friday, as the season's death count on the world's highest mountain hit 12.
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Australian Man Dies Just After Reaching The Summit Of Mount Everest
He died in what is commonly known by Everest climbers as the ''death zone'', the area of the mountain above 8000 meters.
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'Because It's There': The Enduring Global Appeal Of Conquering Everest
The death of a US climber on Mount Everest, the fourth fatality this season, has shone a spotlight on the dangers of scaling the world's highest peak.
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US Climber Dies On Everest, 4th Death This Season
A US mountaineer has died on Everest in the fourth fatality on the world's highest peak this climbing season.
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Uttarkashi Avalanche: 12 More Bodies Retrieved, Number Of Deaths Now 16
The death count in the Uttarkashi avalanche rose to 16 after 12 more mountaineers' bodies were recovered on Thursday, Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) said. Fifteen climbers are still believed to be missing.
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5 More Bodies Recovered; Death Count Rises To 9 In Uttarakhand Avalanche
Five more bodies were recovered today, two days after a team of climbers from the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering were trapped by an avalanche in Uttarkashi, the institute said.
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Russian Climber Pavel Kostrikin Dies Trying To Scale Mount Everest
Russian climber Pavel Kostrikin died at Camp I of Mount Everest, the first reported death of a foreigner on the world's highest peak in the current climbing season that began in March.
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He Made It To One Of World's Highest Peaks, But Died During Descent
A Greek climber died Tuesday on Nepal's rugged Mount Dhaulagiri, expedition organisers said, in the first recorded fatality of this year's busy Himalayan spring climbing season.
