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NEWS ABOUT: Mount Everest

Mount Everest stories: 11 news summaries

(Newser) - Nepal's once-pristine natural beauty has been ravaged by years of civil war, neglect, and corruption, the Washington Post reports. Dangerous levels of pollution now cloud Kathmandu, forcing many residents to wear masks. Even the top of Mount Everest is marred by litter left behind by generations of climbers, and many... More »

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environment • pollution • tourism • Nepal • air pollution • Mount Everest • Kathmandu

 'Typing Difficxult': 
 Climber Tweets 
 From Everest 

Irish mountaineer expected to summit today

May 19, 09 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 several sponsored tweets to raise... More »

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Nepal • Himalayas • Mount Everest • Twitter • microblogging

 18 Killed in Everest Plane Crash 

German, Swiss tourists killed after Nepali flight crash-lands

Oct 8, 08 3:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A small tourist plane has crashed on Mt. Everest, killing 18 passengers and crew, AFP reports. Most of the passengers on the Yeti airlines flight from Kathmandu to Lukla were German tourists, officials said. Two Swiss nationals and five Nepalis were also on the passenger manifest. Witnesses said the plane... More »

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plane crash • Nepal • Mount Everest • Kathmandu

 Sky-High Internet Café Opens 

Everest office built to ensure communications as Olympic torch passes

May 6, 08 4:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 Nepal Boots 
 Pro-Tibet US Climber 

American banned from Everest for two years over protest banner

Apr 29, 08 12:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Nepal OKs Deadly Force
Against Torch Protesters

 Flame will ascend Everest next month

Apr 20, 08 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 China Closes Everest
  to Curb Protests 

Torch route deemed 'unsafe' due to 'environmental' problems

Mar 13, 08 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

New Zealand Pays Homage
to Heroic Hillary

First man to conquer Everest laid to rest
after state funeral

Jan 22, 08 10:58 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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obituary • New Zealand • Mount Everest • Edmund Hillary

Mountain of Litter
Spoiling Everest Majesty

Peak draws hundreds of climbers, who leave behind trash

Jan 12, 08 6:20 PM CST
(Newser) - 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.... More »

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pollution • trash • Mount Everest • Edmund Hillary • climbing

Everest's Hillary Dies at 88

He became first man to conquer world's highest mountain in 1953

Jan 10, 08 5:17 PM CST
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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obituary • Mount Everest • Edmund Hillary

Sherpas Navigate Big Apple Canyons

As tourism fades, expat Nepalese guides turn to driving NYC cabs

Dec 3, 07 10:49 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

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