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'Typing Difficxult': Climber Tweets From Everest

Irish mountaineer expected to summit today

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted May 19, 2009 6:50 AM CDT

(Newser) – He calls it the "highest blog in the world": Gavin Bate, an Irish mountain climber, has been scaling Mount Everest for the past month, sending 140-character updates on his progress via Twitter. Today he's expected to reach the summit, where he'll try to post... Read full story »

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