Nepal Is Throwing Out Its Decade-Old Scheme to Clean Mount Everest

The world’s tallest peak has a serious trash problem. Officials hope a revised cleanup plan could finally make a difference.
New York Post

Inside the high-stakes, death-defying world of scaling Mt. Everest

A new book details the elaborate industry that has developed around Mt. Everest and the hundreds of climbers who attempt to scale it each year. REUTERS In April, 2013, a group of Sherpas, the iconic ...
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“Everest” true story: Here’s what happened to the real Mount Everest disaster climbers (plus a side-by-side look at the film’s cast)

Though Jason Clarke and Jake Gyllenhaal lead an A-list cast in Everest, the real star of the 2015 movie is the mountain itself. Located in the Himalayas near the China-Nepal border, Mount Everest is ...
AOL

Is “Everest” a True Story? A Look Back at the 1996 Disaster on Mount Everest That Took 8 Lives

More than 300 people have died climbing Mount Everest — the tallest peak in the world, located in the Himalayas near the China-Nepal border. On May 10, 1996, four different expeditions attempted to ...
CNN

She escaped an avalanche and became the first woman to summit Everest. Today, few remember her name

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