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Four British former special forces soldiers have set a record by climbing Mount Everest in under five days without ...
An expert mountain guide has put four of his clients on top of Mount Everest less than a week after they left London, one of ...
Four ex-military friends are planning to summit Everest without the usual lengthy acclimitization period, relying on ...
The use of xenon gas may help cut the usual trip time from weeks to days. But not all members of the climbing community ...
Rather than taking weeks or months, climbers are trying to summit Everest in just 7 days by inhaling xenon gas. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Dr. Peter Hackett, a pioneer in altitude research.