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Everest climbers head home on last leg of seven-day mission
The British military veterans, climbing Everest to raise funds for vets, kept going despite an avalanche, high winds and a ...
A renowned mountain guide puts clients on Everest summit less than a week after they left London
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 ...
They want to climb Everest in a week using an anesthetic gas. Critics warn it’s dangerous
Four ex-military friends are planning to summit Everest without the usual lengthy acclimitization period, relying on ...
4 Ex-Military Friends Scale Mount Everest, Used This Gas To Climb Faster
A British team of veteran ex-special forces soldiers summited Everest on Wednesday, expedition organisers said, in a bid to ...
Nepal concerned over use of xenon in climbing
The Nepali government has raised concern about the reported use of xenon gas by a group of mountaineers in summiting the world''s tallest Mount Qomolangma.
Four men court controversy with audacious plan to scale Everest in one week
The use of xenon gas may help cut the usual trip time from weeks to days. But not all members of the climbing community ...