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Countless corpses are on Mount Everest, so why are hundreds of climbers heading into the ‘death...
CNN.com· 1 day agoAnd these are typical conditions on the world’s highest mountain: Mount Everest. An attempt to climb...
Climbers have turned Mount Everest into a high-altitude garbage dump, but sustainable solutions are...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoNarayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via Getty Images Spring is go time for climbers who hope to summit Mount ...
Last letters of pioneering climber who died on Everest reveal dark side of mountaineering
CNN.com· 4 days agoOn June 8, 1924, Mallory and fellow climber Andrew Irvine departed from their expedition team in a...
Why a double amputee and a blind man defy odds to climb Mt Everest
dpa international via Yahoo News· 3 days agoA few years ago, the New Zealander reached the highest point on Earth, the 8,849-metre summit of ...
Famed explorer wrote a poignant letter to his wife before dying on Mount Everest
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoHe didn’t make it. His final letters survived, however, and have now been digitized and put online...
Today in History: President Barack Obama announces killing of Osama bin Laden
Chicago Tribune· 17 hours agoIn 1963, James W. Whittaker became the first American to conquerMount Everest as he and Sherpa guide...
Florida’s 6-week abortion ban takes effect, dozens arrested in campus protests overnight and King...
The Yodel via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoIllustration: Yahoo News; photo: AP TODAY IN HISTORY In 1963, James W. Whittaker became the first...
Ancient DNA pulls back curtain on mysterious empire
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThis week, an analysis of ancient DNA sheds light on a bygone empire, Voyager 1 is back in touch with NASA, what to do now that the cicadas are here, and...
Kilimanjaro, Patagonia & 6 Other Epic Treks & Their Equally Epic Costs
Cheapism via AOL· 6 days agoKilimanjaro For many, reaching the top of Kilimanjaro’s 19,341-foot-high summit is at the top of...