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Mount Everest’s Xenon-Gas Controversy Will Last Forever
In May 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, a challenge that ...
When is the best time to climb Everest?
We take a look at when the best time to climb Everest is, why it is that the climbing window is so short and why summer and winter ascents are so rare ...
The Spectator Australia8d
What’s wrong with using Xenon to climb Everest?
Reaching the top of the world and returning to London within a week without so much as stopping for a coffee in Kathmandu ...
The twin peaks of human achievement
Decades ago, Mount Everest was conquered by a triumph of human spirit. This month, a triumph of ingenuity allowed a group of ...
Fifty years ago, Junko Tabei became the first woman to summit Everest – why do so few people know her story?
Despite the extraordinary feats of Tabei and many other adventurous women, sexism and misogyny in mountaineering have ...
CNN25d
She escaped an avalanche and became the first woman to summit Everest. Today, few remember her name
The Japanese Women’s Everest Expedition team had been living ... Figures such as Hillary, Mallory and Reinhold Messner are celebrated for their bravery, strength and leadership — traits ...
The Independent27d
Why you’ve probably never heard of the first woman to summit Everest
The Japanese Women’s Everest Expedition team had been living ... Figures such as Hillary, Mallory and Reinhold Messner are celebrated for their bravery, strength and leadership — traits ...