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Everest summit
Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, is located in the Solokhumbhu district, Nepal.It stands 8,848m tall from the ground. Its Nepali name is Sagarmatha. Sir Edmund hillary(Australian) and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa(Nepal) were the two climbers...
Tags: mountain, Mount Everest, himal, himalaya, sagarmatha, top of the world, tallest mountain, scaling everest, climbing everest, climbing mountain
View from the top of the world, Mt. Everest
Here's the view you can see from the top of the Mount Everest, the tallest mountain of the world.
Tags: tallest mountain, sagarmatha, Mount Everest, top of the world, mountain, himalayas, himalayan range, himal
Nepal plane crash caused by pilot error - report
Kathmandu :: Nepal | 11 months ago
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The small private plane operated by Yeti Airlines, a domestic airline, crashed shortly before it was due to land at Lukla, known as the gateway to Mount Everest, about 125 km northeast of Kathmandu. "The crew made incorrect judgement of the deteriorating...
Tags: himalaya, Mount Everest, himal, plane crashed, crashed near, deteriorating weather, Lukla, Nepal
Yeti cleared of Everest deaths
Kathmandu :: Nepal | 12 months ago
Credibility An international team led by Paul Firth of Massachusetts General Hospital studied the 212 reported deaths from 1921 to 2006 on Mount Everest, the highest on Earth. Hazards awaiting those who dare to climb the 8850m Himalayan mountain include extreme cold,...
Tags: himalaya, himal, mountain, Mount Everest
Last climber staggers off deadly mountain
Islamabad :: Pakistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Graham Bowley and Andrea Kannapell For two months, dozens of mountaineers had huddled at camps below the peak, acclimating to the thin air, practicing their ascent and waiting, waiting, for the moment. The final push began in the dark hours after midnight...
Tags: mountain, himalaya, Marco Confortola, himal, Mr Confortola, Pakistan-China, k2 survivor, base camps
China plans Mount Everest cleanup in 2009
Xinhua :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Now China is moving to clean up its northern side of the mountain and protect its fragile Himalayan environment, announcing a trash collection campaign that could limit the number of climbers and other visitors in 2009. "Our target is to keep even more...
Tags: mountain, himalaya, Mount Everest, himal
China wants to limit Everest climbers: media
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Mr Zhang was not quoted as specifying how China planned to limit the number of people on the mountain. Earlier this year expeditions from both Everest's Tibetan and Nepalese sides were banned to prevent any disruption of China's successful bid in May...
Tags: mountain, himalaya, China, Mount Everest, himal, Xinhua News Agency, Tibetan, Zhang Yongze, protection chief, environmental protection
'Super Sherpa' climbs to clean up Everest
Kathmandu :: Nepal | about 1 year ago
Credibility The first time Apa Sherpa climbed Mount Everest it was just to get to the top. When he conquered the peak an 18th time just over a week ago, breaking his own record, he did it for the mountain. "I'm not climbing for my record. I climbed this time to help,"...
Mum and daughter conquer Everest
Melbourne :: Australia | about 1 year ago
Credibility TWO Sydney women have reached the summit of Mount Everest, creating history as the first mother-daughter team to climb the world's tallest mountain...The pair have endured bitter cold and several delays on their 8850 metre Himalayan ascent. A team spokesman...
Tags: mountain, himalaya, top of the world, tallest mountain, himal, daughter team, Nikki, olympic torch, tallest peak, pair having
Everest claims first victim of the season
Kathmandu :: Nepal | about 1 year ago
Credibility A 44-year-old Swiss climber died of exhaustion after climbing the highest peak in the world, the first victim of Mt Everest this year. G ianni Goltz, who had attempted to climb the 8,848 m peak as part of a Swiss-German expedition, died Wednesday after...
Tags: top of the world, mountain, himalaya, himal
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