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Climbing Mount Everest may get even harder
A new proposal from Nepal aims to tighten requirements and improve climber safety on the world's tallest peak, but such ...
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Back to 8000 metres: How Bangladesh’s mountaineers emerged from a decade-long pause
A new generation of Bangladeshi climbers is rising fast. Ikramul Hasan Shakil’s record-setting Everest summit hints at the start of a comeback for the country’s mountaineering scene ...
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Climbing back: How Bangladesh’s mountaineers emerged from a decade-long pause
A new generation of Bangladeshi climbers is rising fast. Ikramul Hasan Shakil’s record-setting Everest summit hints at the start of a comeback for the country’s mountaineering scene ...
AP PHOTOS: Hundreds scale Mount Everest in a weather-hit climbing season
Hundreds of climbers and their Sherpa guides scaled Mount Everest this month in Nepal, struggling against harsh weather to ...
The queue at the top of the world: Dozens of climbers wait for their turn to reach the top of Mount Everest in human traffic jam
Photographs taken from the snowy mountain showed adventurers in their orange protective gear forming a snaking queue to the ...