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She Served Tea, Noodles At Roadside Stall. Now Aims To Summit 7 Peaks
From serving tea and noodles at a roadside stall to dreaming of summiting the highest peaks across all seven continents, Meghalaya's Rifiness Warjri is charting a path of grit and grace.
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Japanese Mountaineer Dies Of Hypothermia On Peru's Tallest Mountain Peak
A mountaineer from Japan died and another was rescued during a trek on Peru's tallest mountain, authorities said Thursday.
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10 Indians Among Over 100 Climbers Honored For Summiting Mount Everest
Ten Indian climbers are among over 100 mountaineers honored in Nepal on Tuesday to commemorate the first successful ascent of Mount Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
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4 Ex-Military Friends Scale Mount Everest, Used This Gas To Climb Faster
A British team of veteran ex-special forces soldiers summited Everest on Wednesday, expedition organisers said, in a bid to fly from London, climb the highest peak and return home within seven days.
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4 Climbers Fall From US Mountain, 1 Survives, Does This Next
A rock climber who fell hundreds of feet descending a steep gully in Washington's North Cascades mountains survived the fall that killed his three companions, hiked to his car in the dark and then drove to a pay phone to call for help.
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On Camera, Tourists Risk Life By Climbing Into Crater Of Active Volcano In Mexico
The clip shows one man scaling the edge of the volcano's crater while glowing lava bubbles deep within.
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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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2 Women Climbers, Stuck At 6,000 Metres In Uttarakhand For 3 Days, Rescued
The mountaineers -- Michelle Theresa Dvorak from the USA and Fav Jane Manners from the United Kingdom -- were stranded since October 3.
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Japanese Climber Found Dead In Mountains In PoK, Another Missing
One of two Japanese climbers was found dead and his body recovered from a mountain in Pakistan occupied Kashmir on Saturday, with a search ongoing for the second man, a government official said.
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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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Nepali Climber Becomes Fastest Woman To Ascent Mount Everest
Nepali climber Phunjo Lama on Thursday reached Everest's summit in 14 hours and 31 minutes, smashing the record for the world's fastest ascent of the mountain by a woman.
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Nepal's Kami Rita Climbs Mount Everest For A Record 30th Time
Nepali Sherpa climber and guide Kami Rita Sherpa on Wednesday morning again set out a world record with the 30th summit of Mount Everest, a record number by a single person.
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2 Mongolian Climbers Die On Descent After Successfully Summiting Mount Everest
Two Mongolian climbers have tragically died following their successful ascent of the world's tallest peak, Mount Everest, from the Nepali side, without supplementary oxygen and assistance of Sherpa guides, as confirmed by the Mongolian National Climb
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French Climber Dies After Climbing World's 5th Highest Peak In Nepal
A French climber died on Mount Makalu, the world's fifth-highest peak, expedition organisers said Tuesday, the second fatality of this year's spring climbing season and both on the same mountain.
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She Served Tea, Noodles At Roadside Stall. Now Aims To Summit 7 Peaks
From serving tea and noodles at a roadside stall to dreaming of summiting the highest peaks across all seven continents, Meghalaya's Rifiness Warjri is charting a path of grit and grace.
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Japanese Mountaineer Dies Of Hypothermia On Peru's Tallest Mountain Peak
A mountaineer from Japan died and another was rescued during a trek on Peru's tallest mountain, authorities said Thursday.
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10 Indians Among Over 100 Climbers Honored For Summiting Mount Everest
Ten Indian climbers are among over 100 mountaineers honored in Nepal on Tuesday to commemorate the first successful ascent of Mount Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
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4 Ex-Military Friends Scale Mount Everest, Used This Gas To Climb Faster
A British team of veteran ex-special forces soldiers summited Everest on Wednesday, expedition organisers said, in a bid to fly from London, climb the highest peak and return home within seven days.
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4 Climbers Fall From US Mountain, 1 Survives, Does This Next
A rock climber who fell hundreds of feet descending a steep gully in Washington's North Cascades mountains survived the fall that killed his three companions, hiked to his car in the dark and then drove to a pay phone to call for help.
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On Camera, Tourists Risk Life By Climbing Into Crater Of Active Volcano In Mexico
The clip shows one man scaling the edge of the volcano's crater while glowing lava bubbles deep within.
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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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2 Women Climbers, Stuck At 6,000 Metres In Uttarakhand For 3 Days, Rescued
The mountaineers -- Michelle Theresa Dvorak from the USA and Fav Jane Manners from the United Kingdom -- were stranded since October 3.
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Japanese Climber Found Dead In Mountains In PoK, Another Missing
One of two Japanese climbers was found dead and his body recovered from a mountain in Pakistan occupied Kashmir on Saturday, with a search ongoing for the second man, a government official said.
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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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Nepali Climber Becomes Fastest Woman To Ascent Mount Everest
Nepali climber Phunjo Lama on Thursday reached Everest's summit in 14 hours and 31 minutes, smashing the record for the world's fastest ascent of the mountain by a woman.
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Nepal's Kami Rita Climbs Mount Everest For A Record 30th Time
Nepali Sherpa climber and guide Kami Rita Sherpa on Wednesday morning again set out a world record with the 30th summit of Mount Everest, a record number by a single person.
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2 Mongolian Climbers Die On Descent After Successfully Summiting Mount Everest
Two Mongolian climbers have tragically died following their successful ascent of the world's tallest peak, Mount Everest, from the Nepali side, without supplementary oxygen and assistance of Sherpa guides, as confirmed by the Mongolian National Climb
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French Climber Dies After Climbing World's 5th Highest Peak In Nepal
A French climber died on Mount Makalu, the world's fifth-highest peak, expedition organisers said Tuesday, the second fatality of this year's spring climbing season and both on the same mountain.
