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The 10 highest mountains in the world – and when they were first climbed
All of the tallest mountains in the world are located in Asia, either in the Himalayas or the Karakorum ranges. Of the 10 ...
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Nepal Seeks to Add Summits to the Iconic 8,000-Meter Peaks
The world’s 14 highest mountains all rise from the Himalaya in Tibet and Nepal – the iconic 8,000-meter peaks, eight of which reside in Nepal. Now, Nepal’s Department of Tourism seeks to ...
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Man who climbed Everest explains the 'Death Zone' and how it could kill you in 5 minutes
Ian Taylor tackled the world's highest mountain in 2008 and has now offered insight to the realities of the challenge ...
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One of the youngest women to summit Mount Everest explains the 'unwritten rule' of leaving corpses on the mountain
In 2010, at the age of 22 years and seven months, Norris became the youngest British woman to reach the top of Mount Everest ...
Why do people risk their lives to summit the world's deadliest mountains?
Historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela explores life, love and death on Earth's second-tallest peak in the new season of Extreme.
The terrifying 326m 'world's tallest' outdoor elevator so fast users warned not to blink
Built onto a cliffside in an area dominated by 200-metre high sandstone rockfaces sits the world's tallest outdoor elevator, ...
Final Climbing Team in the Himalayas Retreats from Makalu
Makalu Climbing Team Retreats Shy of Summit With the retreat of the climbing team attempting a winter ascent on Makalu, the ...
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Inside a Vail Woman’s Harrowing Pursuit of the World’s Highest Mountains
A fatal race made Tracee Metcalfe the closest to becoming the first American woman to summit all of the world’s 8,000-meter ...