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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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International Everest Day: When Tenzing Norgay, Edmund Hillary Scaled Mount Everest 68 Years Ago
History was created on this day 68 years ago when Sherpa Tenzing Norgay of Nepal and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand climbed Mount Everest, 29,029 feet above sea level.
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End Of An Era As Mount Everest's 'Hillary Step' Rock Face Collapses
A near-vertical 12-metre-high rocky outcrop at Mount Everest called the "Hillary Step" by mountaineers has collapsed, making the climb to the world's highest peak dangerous and lengthy. "Hillary Step" stood on the mountain's southeast ridge, and was the last great challenge before reaching the top.
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Google Launches Virtual Tour of Nepal's Everest Region
Google launched a virtual tour of Nepal's Everest region on today, allowing armchair tourists a rare glimpse of life in one of the toughest and most inaccessible places on earth.
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Nepal Tells Mount Everest Litterbugs to Take Out the Trash
Six decades after the first conquest of the world's highest peak, tons of rubbish and human waste abandoned by hundreds of Mount Everest climbers is starting to raise a stink.
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Nepal Rally Marks 61st Anniversary of Mount Everest Conquest
Hundreds of people in Nepal's capital have held separate rallies to mark the 61st anniversary of the first conquest of Mount Everest and to remember the 16 Sherpa guides who died in an avalanche last month on the world's highest mountain.
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Nepal opens peaks named after Hillary, Tenzing to foreign climbers
Nepal has named two Himalayan peaks near Mount Everest after Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and opened them to foreigners for climbing.
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Bad weather halts rescue after deadliest Everest disaster
Bad weather suspended searches Sunday on Mount Everest for three Nepalese Sherpa guides still missing after an avalanche killed 13 of their colleagues in the deadliest accident on the world's highest peak.
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Edmund Hillary's ashes to be placed on Mt Everest
Plans to place the ashes of Mt Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary on the summit of the world's tallest mountain next week were welcomed on Saturday by the New Zealander's family and friends.
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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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International Everest Day: When Tenzing Norgay, Edmund Hillary Scaled Mount Everest 68 Years Ago
History was created on this day 68 years ago when Sherpa Tenzing Norgay of Nepal and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand climbed Mount Everest, 29,029 feet above sea level.
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End Of An Era As Mount Everest's 'Hillary Step' Rock Face Collapses
A near-vertical 12-metre-high rocky outcrop at Mount Everest called the "Hillary Step" by mountaineers has collapsed, making the climb to the world's highest peak dangerous and lengthy. "Hillary Step" stood on the mountain's southeast ridge, and was the last great challenge before reaching the top.
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Google Launches Virtual Tour of Nepal's Everest Region
Google launched a virtual tour of Nepal's Everest region on today, allowing armchair tourists a rare glimpse of life in one of the toughest and most inaccessible places on earth.
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Nepal Tells Mount Everest Litterbugs to Take Out the Trash
Six decades after the first conquest of the world's highest peak, tons of rubbish and human waste abandoned by hundreds of Mount Everest climbers is starting to raise a stink.
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Nepal Rally Marks 61st Anniversary of Mount Everest Conquest
Hundreds of people in Nepal's capital have held separate rallies to mark the 61st anniversary of the first conquest of Mount Everest and to remember the 16 Sherpa guides who died in an avalanche last month on the world's highest mountain.
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Nepal opens peaks named after Hillary, Tenzing to foreign climbers
Nepal has named two Himalayan peaks near Mount Everest after Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and opened them to foreigners for climbing.
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Bad weather halts rescue after deadliest Everest disaster
Bad weather suspended searches Sunday on Mount Everest for three Nepalese Sherpa guides still missing after an avalanche killed 13 of their colleagues in the deadliest accident on the world's highest peak.
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Edmund Hillary's ashes to be placed on Mt Everest
Plans to place the ashes of Mt Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary on the summit of the world's tallest mountain next week were welcomed on Saturday by the New Zealander's family and friends.
