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Mount Everest's Dangerous Weather Puts Hikers And Basecamp Trekkers In Danger, Not Just Mountaineers
While most know that climbing to the peak of Mount Everest is dangerous, the weather is now putting hikers in the mountain's lower sections at risk.
Early-season snowfalls have stranded hikers in two mountainous areas in western China, including several hundred at the base of Mount Everest.
Green Boots is one of the famous markings that is used by climbers as a marking during their path to the top. As per the name, it is a pair of bright green boots underneath a caved area on the mountain, but those boots are being worn by a man who has been stuck on Everest for nearly twenty years.
After striking out five times on the world’s highest peak, an American ultrarunner is questioning the feasibility of breaking the fastest known time from Nepal
The first Indonesian climber to set foot on the summit of Mount Everest, Himalayas, Nepal. Clara Sumarwati, passed away yesterday at the age of 60.