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Rescuer Describes Horror on Everest 'Death Zone'

Deadly congestion claimed at least four lives

(Newser) - Mount Everest climbers, "disoriented, frostbitten, sick, and totally exhausted," struggled against 80mph winds on congested trails last weekend , writes friend Chris Tomer on the blog of American adventurer Jon Kedrowski, who helped to rescue four climbers in the mountain's "death zone." "A two-hour wait...

Toll in Everest 'Traffic Jam' Hits 4

One of the deadliest days in mountain's history

(Newser) - A fourth climber died on Mount Everest on Saturday, his body spotted not far from where three other climbers perished on one of the mountain's deadliest days. The Chinese climber and the three other victims are believed to have suffered altitude sickness and exhaustion, the AP reports; all four...

3 Everest Climbers Die, 2 Missing
 Everest Claims 3 More Victims 
May 21, 2012 3:38 AM CDT

Everest Claims 3 More Victims

Sudden windstorm moves in as climbers descend

(Newser) - Three climbers have died on Mount Everest and two others are missing, according to officials. A German, a Canadian born in Nepal, and a Korean died while descending from the 29,000-foot summit. Though the weather began favorably for the climbers, a sudden windstorm swept the mountain as they were...

73-Year-Old Woman Scales Mount Everest

Tamae Watanabe breaks age record, again

(Newser) - A 73-year-old Japanese woman became the oldest female to climb Mount Everest today, reports AP . Tamae Watanabe reached the summit this morning with four companions after an all-night climb. Best part: Watanabe held the previous record, too—after a climb she made a decade ago. The oldest person to climb...

Real Bravery Is Not Climbing Everest
 Real Bravery Is Not 
 Climbing Everest 
OPINION
May 18, 2012 12:13 PM CDT

Real Bravery Is Not Climbing Everest

Institutionalized mountain detaches hikers from risk: Freddie Wilkinson

(Newser) - We're in Everest peak season, and that means we'll probably hear much about the triumphs and tragedies on the mountain. But the "shrewdest and most independent decision of the season" came from Russell Brice, owner of Himalayan Experience, who cancelled his entire season because he thought conditions...

70-Year-Old to Climb Everest—Twice

Bill Burke intends to head up both sides

(Newser) - What do you do when you're already the oldest American to ever climb Mount Everest? If you're Bill Burke, you climb it again—and again. The 70-year-old says that he's going to attempt the rare feat of climbing the mountain twice in one season, Reuters reports, scaling...

First Death of Year Strikes Everest

Son of legendary climber dies at base camp

(Newser) - An experienced Sherpa guide who has scaled Mount Everest at least 10 times has died at the mountain's base camp, becoming the first fatality in this year's spring climbing season. Karsang Namgyal is the son of Ang Rita, a legendary climber who was the first to scale Everest...

Mt. Everest Getting More Dangerous to Climb: Sherpa

Global warming changing Himalayas, melting glaciers

(Newser) - Climate change appears to be hitting even the highest place on Earth, the Himalayas. A leading Nepalese mountaineer says the mountain range, including Mount Everest, has lost much of its snow and ice, making it now more prone to rockfalls and more dangerous to climb, reports AFP . "In 1989...

Harry Eyes Everest Climb
 Harry Eyes Everest Climb 
Jan 19, 2012 9:49 AM CST

Harry Eyes Everest Climb

Will join soldier-supporting charity group

(Newser) - He's been deployed to Afghanistan , he's been made a captain … next up for Prince Harry? Climbing Mt. Everest. He pledged to scale the world's highest peak last year after an expedition to the North Pole. In April or May, he will join up with a charity...

US Climber, 15, Sets 7-Peak Record

Jordan Romero has climbed tallest mountain on each continent

(Newser) - While most of you were busily sucking down eggnog, Jordan Romero, the boy mountain climber who became the youngest to scale Mt. Everest , was down in Antarctica setting a seven-peak record. The 15-year-old reached the summit of Mt. Vinson Massif yesterday, making him the youngest to climb the tallest peak...

15 to Attempt Daring Climb of K2

K2 has never been conquered in the winter

(Newser) - A Russian team of mountain climbers is undertaking an expedition that no human has ever accomplished—scaling K2 ... during winter. The 15 adventurers will face temperatures colder than 50 below zero and ferocious 40mph winds in an attempt to ascend the second-highest peak in the world, which lies on the...

Fog Strands 1.2K Everest Hikers

Flights canceled, they spend four days in foothills

(Newser) - A heavy fog has shrouded the only Mount Everest-area airport, shutting down flights and leaving some 1,200 foreign hikers stranded in the foothills. A few have caught helicopter rides out of the area, but many have spent four days at an altitude of 9,200 feet, living in Tenzing-Hillary...

Eco Group: We Need Port-a-Potties on Everest

Environmentalists say excrement is a big problem

(Newser) - When you gotta go, you gotta go—even on Everest. And an environmental group says it's high time the mountain has portable toilets. "Human waste is a problem," explains the director of Eco Nepal, who thinks Everest would stay cleaner if the hordes of climbers who brave...

Mount Everest's Mystery: Should We Solve It?

Two British adventurers may have climbed it first

(Newser) - A long-frozen roll of film may solve one of Mount Everest's most enduring mysteries. England has long been caught in the romance of two British adventurers who scaled the mountain with a team in 1924 and were last seen a few hundred yards from the peak. Did George Mallory...

Everest Tourist Plane Crashes, 19 Dead

Buddha Air plane was carrying 2 Americans

(Newser) - A plane carrying tourists to view Mount Everest crashed while attempting to land in Nepal today, killing all 19 people on board, including 13 foreigners. Ten Indians, two Americans, and one Japanese citizen were among the victims, Tourism Secretary Ganeshraj Joshi said. The turboprop plane belonging to Buddha Air was...

To End Fight, Nepal Sets Out to Measure Everest

Nepal, China squabbling over behemoth's actual height

(Newser) - Mount Everest stands at a towering 29,029 feet—officially. And that number is causing quite the diplomatic fracas. China and Nepal have been arguing over the height of the mountain, which falls on the Nepal side of the Nepal-China border, and how it's measured. China believes the rock...

What It's Like to Run an ER— on Everest

Luanne Freer puts her 'expedition medicine' expertise to good use, at 18K feet

(Newser) - Climbing the world's tallest peak is no easy feat. Just ask Luanne Freer. For nine years, the emergency room doctor from Montana has tended to climbers, tourists, local Nepalese, and anyone else brave enough to be in the deadly conditions of the Khumbu Valley at Everest ER. Intrepid Smithsonian ...

Climber Dies 835 Feet From Everest's Peak

Takashi Ozaki became ill during climb

(Newser) - A Japanese mountaineer has died tragically close to Mount Everest’s peak. While attempt to reach the 29,035-foot summit, Takashi Ozaki, 59, became ill; he was headed down the slopes when he collapsed at a height of 28,200 feet, the AP reports. Ozaki, who’d been scaling the...

'Super Sherpa' Ascends Everest for 21st Time

Apa Sherpa breaks his own record for successful attempts

(Newser) - Today, a happier story from Mount Everest : A 51-year-old Nepalese climber nicknamed the "Super Sherpa" reached the summit for the 21st time, beating his own record. Apa Sherpa and five others climbed all night in conditions organizers called "perfect," as part of the annual Eco Everest campaign...

82-Year-Old Climber Dies on Everest

Shailendra Kumar Upadhyay wanted to set a record

(Newser) - A sad end to an ambitious tale: Shailendra Kumar Upadhyay, 82, wanted to become the oldest person to climb Mount Everest, but has died in his attempt. The former Nepalese foreign minister was on his way back to the base camp last night when he collapsed and died, the AP...

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