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  • May 2008

    • Sky-High Internet Café Opens

      newser  |  Xinhua (China)  |  May 6, 08 4:36 PM CDT

      Sky-High Internet Café Opens

      The Olympic torch is bringing more than controversy on its round-the-world trek—it’s also responsible for the world’s highest Internet café, the People's Daily reports. China Mobile built the communications center at Mount Everest's 17,000-foot-high base camp to ensure communications for relay teams as the torch scales the mountain. More »

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      Internet  • Olympic torch  • Mount Everest  • China Mobile  • Internet cafes

  • April 2008

    • Nepal Boots Pro-Tibet US Climber

      newser  |  Times of India (India)  |  Apr 29, 08 12:45 PM CDT

      Nepal Boots Pro-Tibet US Climber

      Nepal deported an American climber yesterday, the Times of India reports, after police at a Mount Everest base camp found a pro-Tibetan banner in his backpack. Nepal, staunchly pro-China, has enacted restrictions—and authorized security forces to use guns—to prevent protests when the Olympic torch ascends the world's tallest mountain in May. More »

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      China  • Tibet  • Olympic torch  • Nepal  • protesters  • Mount Everest

    • Nepal OKs Deadly Force Against Torch Protesters

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 20, 08 4:35 PM CDT

      Nepal OKs Deadly Force Against Torch Protesters

      Nepal has plans for protesters intent on disrupting the Olympic flame's ascent up Mount Everest, the AP reports. An official today authorized the use of deadly force "to stop any protest on the mountain using whatever means necessary." Climbers are scheduled to reach the summit in the border region between Nepal and Tibet early next month. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Tibet  • Olympic torch  • Olympic protests  • Nepal  • Mount Everest  • Himalayas  • Kathmandu

  • March 2008

    • China Closes Everest to Curb Protests

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Mar 13, 08 9:13 AM CDT

      China Closes Everest to Curb Protests

      China has closed down Mount Everest, worried that pro-Tibet protesters might disrupt what’s supposed to be the emotional and physical pinnacle of this summer's Olympic torch relay—the ascent to the summit. Just ahead of the climbing season—April, May and early June—authorities  told expedition companies the Tibetan side of the peak is being shut down, the Times reports. “We are not able to accept your expedition, so please postpone your climbing.” More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Tibet  • Olympic torch  • Tibetan independence  • Nepal  • Mount Everest

  • January 2008

    • New Zealand Pays Homage to Heroic Hillary

      newser  |  New Zealand Herald  |  Jan 22, 08 10:58 AM CST

      New Zealand Pays Homage to Heroic Hillary

      New Zealand paid tribute to its most famous native son today as throngs lined the streets of Auckland for the state funeral of Sir Edmund Hillary , the New Zealand Herald reports. The prime minister led the tributes. "Sir Ed described himself as a person of modest abilities," said Helen Clark. "In reality he was a colossus, he was our hero." More »

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      obituary  • New Zealand  • Mount Everest  • Edmund Hillary

    • Mountain of Litter Spoiling Everest Majesty

      newser  |  Independent (UK)  |  Jan 12, 08 6:20 PM CST

      Mountain of Litter Spoiling Everest Majesty

      Mount Everest remains an irresistable lure for hundreds of climbers every year—and it shows in a bad way. In the wake of Edmund Hillary's death, the Independent surveys the landscape of the world's highest mountain and finds it littered with climbers' trash. It's a matter of logistics, experts say. It's simply not easy to schlep home empty oxygen containers and the like from 29,000 feet. More »

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      pollution  • trash  • Mount Everest  • Edmund Hillary  • climbing

    • Everest's Hillary Dies at 88

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Jan 10, 08 5:17 PM CST

      Everest's Hillary Dies at 88

      Edmund Hillary, the first person to scale Mount Everest, has died at age 88, Bloomberg reports. Hillary scaled the world's highest mountain in 1953, gaining renown as one of the great adventurers in the 20th century. Despite his fame, Hillary remained modest about his Everest achievement and those that followed, and spent much of his life helping to improve living conditions of the Sherpa mountain people of Nepal. More »

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      obituary  • Mount Everest  • Edmund Hillary

  • December 2007

    • Sherpas Navigate Big Apple Canyons

      newser  |  ABC News  |  Dec 3, 07 10:49 AM CST

      Sherpas Navigate Big Apple Canyons

      When a 10-year civil war drove tourists and climbers out of Nepal, the Sherpas who catered to them also left in droves, and many wound up in New York driving cabs. The taxis offer not only a livelihood but also fewer risks. "I stopped extreme climbing for my own safety," says Tsering Norbu Sherpa, a descendant of Tensing Norgay. ABC News goes along for the ride. More »

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      New York City  • immigrant  • Nepal  • Mount Everest  • Himalayas  • cabdrivers

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