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3 Nepali Sherpas Missing After Avalanche In Mount Everest
Three Nepalese Sherpa guides went missing on Wednesday after they fell into a deep crevasse on the most dangerous section of Mt. Everest amidst an avalanche, in the season's first accident at the world's tallest peak.
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Fraud At 8,848 Metres: Are Mount Everest Ascents Too Easy To Fake?
For a Mount Everest summit, climbers have to provide the Nepali or Chinese authorities with a photo from the top and a report from the team leaders and government liaison officers stationed at base camp.
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Arunachal's Anshu Jamsenpa Sets Sights On Unclimbed Peaks After Mount Everest Record
Anshu Jamsenpa, a 38-year-old Indian climber who made the fastest double ascent of Mount Everest and became the first woman to reach the highest point on earth twice in five days, says she will now turn her attention to smaller unclimbed peaks.
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Four Climbers Found Dead At Camp On Mount Everest
It was not clear how the climbers died at the camp on Mount Everest and their identities have not been identified yet. Ten climbers have died on Mount Everest, including one on the Chinese side, during this climbing season, which ends this month.
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Earthquake-Triggered Avalanche Kills Nepalese Guide Scaling Everest
A 43-year-old Nepalese guide died and a British climber was injured on Monday when an earthquake triggered an avalanche on the Himalayan peak they were climbing, an expedition operator said.
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Cracks And Holes Develop In Mount Everest After Deadly Nepal Earthquake
Several cracks and holes have developed in the Mount Everest region due to last year's devastating earthquakes that killed about 9,000 people across Nepal, according to a specialist team responsible for maintaining the climbing route on the world's highest peak.
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Japanese Climber With One Finger to Ascend Mount Everest Again This Week
A Japanese climber with only one finger, who failed on the weekend to reach the top of Mount Everest in his latest attempt, will try again within days, expedition organisers said Monday.
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Mount Everest Base Camp in Tibet to Reopen
The Mount Everest base camp in Tibet will be reopened to climbers on July 1, the tourism authorities said today.
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Nepal Earthquake has Made Mount Everest Shorter, Suggests Satellite Data
The devastating earthquake that has rocked Nepal not only killed thousands but may have also shrunk the height of the world's tallest peak - Mount Everest - by about 2.5 cm, according to analysis of satellite data.
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'What We Experienced Has Only Made Us Stronger. We Will be Back,' Say Everest Base Camp Survivors
Pune mountaineer Kishor Dhankude wanted to climb Everest back to back from two sides - a feat no Indian has managed yet. He had already scaled the peak once. But what he managed last week was a tougher feat: cheating death. He was one of the scores of people who survived the monstrous avalanche - triggered by the Nepal earthquake - which wiped out ...
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Mount Everest Not Officially Closed to Climbers: Officials
Mount Everest remains open to climbers, a senior official at Nepal's tourism department said today, despite avalanches after last month's devastating earthquake destroying much of the established route to the summit of the world's highest peak.
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Earthquake-Devastated Nepal Toll to Climb 'Much Higher'
The death toll from an earthquake that ripped through Nepal will climb "much higher", the government warned Sunday, as relief teams raced to reach survivors of the disaster that has already claimed more than 7,000 lives.
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Nepal Earthquake: 3 Survive 8 Days Under Rubble; But Many Trekkers Dead
Three people were pulled out alive from the rubble of their home eight days after Nepal's devastating earthquake, an official said on Sunday, but rescuers have found about 50 bodies on a popular trekking route that was hit by an avalanche.
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Nepal Police Find Bodies of Foreign Trekkers, Villagers as Number of Dead Rises to Over 7000
A Nepali police team has pulled out the bodies of about 50 people, including some foreign trekkers, from an avalanche-hit area, officials said today, as the death toll from last month's devastating earthquake climbed to over 7,000.
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Nepal Earthquake Highlights Everest Technology
When an avalanche thundered down Mount Everest last weekend, guides tweeted calls for help and dramatic video footage quickly went viral as trekkers accessed wifi on the roof of the world.
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3 Nepali Sherpas Missing After Avalanche In Mount Everest
Three Nepalese Sherpa guides went missing on Wednesday after they fell into a deep crevasse on the most dangerous section of Mt. Everest amidst an avalanche, in the season's first accident at the world's tallest peak.
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Fraud At 8,848 Metres: Are Mount Everest Ascents Too Easy To Fake?
For a Mount Everest summit, climbers have to provide the Nepali or Chinese authorities with a photo from the top and a report from the team leaders and government liaison officers stationed at base camp.
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Arunachal's Anshu Jamsenpa Sets Sights On Unclimbed Peaks After Mount Everest Record
Anshu Jamsenpa, a 38-year-old Indian climber who made the fastest double ascent of Mount Everest and became the first woman to reach the highest point on earth twice in five days, says she will now turn her attention to smaller unclimbed peaks.
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Four Climbers Found Dead At Camp On Mount Everest
It was not clear how the climbers died at the camp on Mount Everest and their identities have not been identified yet. Ten climbers have died on Mount Everest, including one on the Chinese side, during this climbing season, which ends this month.
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Earthquake-Triggered Avalanche Kills Nepalese Guide Scaling Everest
A 43-year-old Nepalese guide died and a British climber was injured on Monday when an earthquake triggered an avalanche on the Himalayan peak they were climbing, an expedition operator said.
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Cracks And Holes Develop In Mount Everest After Deadly Nepal Earthquake
Several cracks and holes have developed in the Mount Everest region due to last year's devastating earthquakes that killed about 9,000 people across Nepal, according to a specialist team responsible for maintaining the climbing route on the world's highest peak.
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Japanese Climber With One Finger to Ascend Mount Everest Again This Week
A Japanese climber with only one finger, who failed on the weekend to reach the top of Mount Everest in his latest attempt, will try again within days, expedition organisers said Monday.
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Mount Everest Base Camp in Tibet to Reopen
The Mount Everest base camp in Tibet will be reopened to climbers on July 1, the tourism authorities said today.
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Nepal Earthquake has Made Mount Everest Shorter, Suggests Satellite Data
The devastating earthquake that has rocked Nepal not only killed thousands but may have also shrunk the height of the world's tallest peak - Mount Everest - by about 2.5 cm, according to analysis of satellite data.
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'What We Experienced Has Only Made Us Stronger. We Will be Back,' Say Everest Base Camp Survivors
Pune mountaineer Kishor Dhankude wanted to climb Everest back to back from two sides - a feat no Indian has managed yet. He had already scaled the peak once. But what he managed last week was a tougher feat: cheating death. He was one of the scores of people who survived the monstrous avalanche - triggered by the Nepal earthquake - which wiped out ...
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Mount Everest Not Officially Closed to Climbers: Officials
Mount Everest remains open to climbers, a senior official at Nepal's tourism department said today, despite avalanches after last month's devastating earthquake destroying much of the established route to the summit of the world's highest peak.
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Earthquake-Devastated Nepal Toll to Climb 'Much Higher'
The death toll from an earthquake that ripped through Nepal will climb "much higher", the government warned Sunday, as relief teams raced to reach survivors of the disaster that has already claimed more than 7,000 lives.
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Nepal Earthquake: 3 Survive 8 Days Under Rubble; But Many Trekkers Dead
Three people were pulled out alive from the rubble of their home eight days after Nepal's devastating earthquake, an official said on Sunday, but rescuers have found about 50 bodies on a popular trekking route that was hit by an avalanche.
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Nepal Police Find Bodies of Foreign Trekkers, Villagers as Number of Dead Rises to Over 7000
A Nepali police team has pulled out the bodies of about 50 people, including some foreign trekkers, from an avalanche-hit area, officials said today, as the death toll from last month's devastating earthquake climbed to over 7,000.
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Nepal Earthquake Highlights Everest Technology
When an avalanche thundered down Mount Everest last weekend, guides tweeted calls for help and dramatic video footage quickly went viral as trekkers accessed wifi on the roof of the world.
