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80-Year-Old Heart Surgery Survivor Aims for Everest Climbing Record
Heard about the octogenarian who's made not one but four trips to the hospital for heart surgery, and who -- despite those ailments -- wants to become the oldest...
History Made: U.S. Teen with Down Syndrome Reaches Everest Base Camp
It's more than most will ever be able to say they accomplished: climb to an incredible 17,598 feet and set foot within Mt. Everest's rocky, snow-glazed Base...
New Everest Record: Woman Reaches Summit Twice in a Week
It involves clambering over fathomless crevasses, battling temps that can dip to 40F below, winds that can rage upwards of 100 m.p.h., breathing oxygen-deprived...
Aiming High…On The Ground
Air Force Major Rob Marshall needs more hours in the day When the V22 Osprey pilot isn’t flying remodeling his bathroom helping the Red Cross speaking at...
My Own Private Everest
Physical fitness has always been important in the military It certainly has become a factor in promotions and even retention over the last 30 years When I...
Photo Essays
See Kilimanjaro from your Kitchen on Street View
Google Maps just released these images from its newest project: snapping 360 degree views of some of the world’s most famous mountains. Armed with two sets of...
Gathering of the Faithful: LIFE at India’s Colossal Kumbh Mela, 1953
Few spectacles on Earth can compare to the great six-week Hindu pilgrimage, the ancient Kumbh Mela, during which literally tens of millions of people make their...
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Climber Is First Saudi Woman to Scale Mount Everest
A climber became the first Saudi woman to climb Mount Everest when she reached the peak successfully with 63 others, according to mountaineering officials. ...
First Saudi woman climbs to top of Everest
Raha Moharrak, 25, says she wants to inspire other women to scale world's highest mountain. ...
VIDEO: Climber to place red nose on Everest
The British explorer, Daniel Hughes, is climbing Mount Everest in an attempt to raise money for charity. ...
India Ink: A Conversation With: Mt. Everest Guide Norbu Sherpa
A veteran high Himalayas guide on how climbing in Nepal has changed in recent years and his life as a Sherpa. ...
