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Climate Change, Crowding Imperil Iconic Route To Top Of Mount Everest
As climbers begin to reach the summit of Mount Everest, some veterans are avoiding the Nepali side of the world's highest peak because melting ice and crowds have made its famed Khumbu Icefall too dangerous.
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Only One Man Will Try to Climb Everest This Fall. What It'll Take
Ang Kami Sherpa is one of Nepal's most experienced "ice doctors" - the mountaineers who brave Mount Everest's treacherous Khumbu icefall to prepare it for the climbing season - but even he is more nervous than usual this time round.
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Guides Hope Everest Deaths will Impel Safety Fixes
Guy Cotter was so concerned about the safety of Sherpa guides and porters through Mount Everest's notorious Khumbu Icefall that he and another commercial guide operator hatched a plan: Before this year's climbing season began, they would use helicopters to transport 4 tons of equipment above the icefall.
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Fearing the Icefall: On Everest, dangers are clear
On Everest, everybody knows that the Icefall is dangerous. They've known it for generations, since the first great Everest mountaineer, George Mallory, turned away from the Khumbu Icefall in 1921, insisting it was impossible to pass.
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Everest avalanche leaves climbers, guides in doubt over plans
An Australian mountaineer who narrowly escaped the deadliest accident ever on Mount Everest said on Saturday some local guides and climbers were questioning whether to scrap their summit plans after 13 Nepalese were killed in an avalanche.
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Climate Change, Crowding Imperil Iconic Route To Top Of Mount Everest
As climbers begin to reach the summit of Mount Everest, some veterans are avoiding the Nepali side of the world's highest peak because melting ice and crowds have made its famed Khumbu Icefall too dangerous.
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Only One Man Will Try to Climb Everest This Fall. What It'll Take
Ang Kami Sherpa is one of Nepal's most experienced "ice doctors" - the mountaineers who brave Mount Everest's treacherous Khumbu icefall to prepare it for the climbing season - but even he is more nervous than usual this time round.
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Guides Hope Everest Deaths will Impel Safety Fixes
Guy Cotter was so concerned about the safety of Sherpa guides and porters through Mount Everest's notorious Khumbu Icefall that he and another commercial guide operator hatched a plan: Before this year's climbing season began, they would use helicopters to transport 4 tons of equipment above the icefall.
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Fearing the Icefall: On Everest, dangers are clear
On Everest, everybody knows that the Icefall is dangerous. They've known it for generations, since the first great Everest mountaineer, George Mallory, turned away from the Khumbu Icefall in 1921, insisting it was impossible to pass.
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Everest avalanche leaves climbers, guides in doubt over plans
An Australian mountaineer who narrowly escaped the deadliest accident ever on Mount Everest said on Saturday some local guides and climbers were questioning whether to scrap their summit plans after 13 Nepalese were killed in an avalanche.
