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Four men court controversy with audacious plan to scale Everest in one week
The itinerary is simple. Four British men will hop on a plane Friday in London, fly roughly 4,600 miles to Kathmandu in Nepal ...
Why these climbers’ plan to scale Everest in a week is getting blowback
An experienced Austrian mountaineer named Lukas Furtenbach has shortened Everest trips to weeks with “flash” expeditions that used hypoxic tents. He approached the four men with the idea of cutting ...
Bengal climber among 2 dead on Mt Everest; report says he ‘refused to descend’
Subrata Ghosh, a 45-year-old climber from Ranaghat, West Bengal, lost his life while descending from the Everest summit on ...
He conquered 13 peaks but perished when he tried to descend from Mt. Everest. Who was Subrata Ghosh?
Subrata Ghosh, a 44-year-old mountaineer and schoolteacher from West Bengal, tragically died while descending Mount Everest ...
The King of Side Quests: Olympian Nick Symmonds Just Climbed Mount Everest
Nick Symmonds, one of the greatest American 800-meter runners ever, summited Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world ...
How Indian mountaineering came of age with a historic ascent of Mount Everest in 1965
As a young nation, India wanted to make its mark in international mountaineering with a successful Everest expedition. 60 ...
What’s getting more expensive, eye on 2028, climbing Mount Everest: Catch up on the day’s stories
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Filipino in ill-fated Mt. Everest climb sought to raise awareness for children with cancer
Engineer Philipp "PJ" Santiago was looking to draw attention to the plight of children with cancer when he set out to climb ...