Controversy over use of xenon gas to climb Everest
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The British military veterans, climbing Everest to raise funds for vets, kept going despite an avalanche, high winds and a teammate’s illness.
A team of four British climbers has etched their names in mountaineering history, becoming the first to summit Mount Everest using Xenon gas, significantly reducing the acclimatisation period typically required for such a feat.
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A British climber who scaled Mount Everest for the 19th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak by a non-Sherpa guide, says he is already planning his next attempt.
Two people died while climbing Mount Everest as hundreds of climbers are attempting to scale the world's highest peak, expedition organizers said.
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TWO Filipina mountaineers who made the first and only documented all-female traverse of Mt. Everest have reunited with other members of the Philippine Mount Everest Expedition team and their supporters during the launch of the book reliving their 2007 conquest of the world’s highest peak.