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Get to Base Camp Late! Tips We Learned at a Mount Everest Safety Briefing.
Our Everest correspondent recently attended a pre-climb meeting held by guiding company Seven Summit Treks in downtown ...
How High Can A Helicopter Fly? (And Can It Get To The Top Of Mount Everest?)
Didier Delsalle landed on the top of Everest in a Eurocopter AS 350 B3. This feat went down as the highest helicopter landing ...
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Mount Everest guide Ang Dawa Sherpa moves to Vermont and earns his CDL with support from VSAC
Ang Dawa Sherpa nearly perished on his first Everest climb because he wasn’t prepared; then he went to school in Nepal for a mountain guide degree. After moving to the US, he wasn’t surprised to find ...
Famed Sherpa guide will attempt to climb Mount Everest for a 31st time and break his own record
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — One of the greatest mountain guides will attempt to scale the world's highest peak for the 31st time ...
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Metro Atlanta man hopes to become first from Georgia over 60 to summit Mount Everest
Retired U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Brian O’Malley would be the first Georgian over the age of 60 to reach the summit of Mount Everest, if he is successful. He begins his trek this week and ...
Drones can deliver supplies on Mount Everest this year, and it may change climbing forever
A new drone service is delivering supplies such as ladders and oxygen cylinders on Mount Everest, making it safer for Sherpas and cutting the time it takes to get supplies up the mountain – as well as ...
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Famed Sherpa guide will attempt to climb Mount Everest for a 31st time and break his own record
Kami Rita, 55, flew to Mount Everest on Sunday from Kathmandu to lead a group of climbers who will try to reach the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit during the spring climbing season.