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News Articles: Mount Everest

The Himalayas are seen from the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal on May 31, 2021.

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  • World

National Geographic team may have discovered the foot of a famed Mount Everest climber

A National Geographic team found the boot and foot of whom it suspects to be Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, a 22-year-old climber who went missing on Mount Everest a century ago.

October 12, 2024
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By:
  • Alana Wise
A member of a Nepal government-funded team uses a spade to remove frozen trash on Mount Everest in Nepal in 2021. In the seven decades since Mount Everest was first conquered, thousands of climbers have scaled the peak, and many have left behind more than just their footprints.

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  • Asia

Everest's highest camp is littered with frozen garbage. The cleanup will take years

A Nepal government-funded team of soldiers and Sherpas removed 11 tons of garbage, four dead bodies and a skeleton during this year's climbing season. It's estimated that 40 to 50 tons remain.

July 07, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Warren Deyampert is docked Tuesday as a member of the Coast Guard walks past at Coast Guard Base Boston.

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  • Business

The missing submersible raises troubling questions for the adventure tourism industry

The search for the Titan in the North Atlantic continues. When adventure travel goes wrong, who pays the price, and who's forced to take big risks mounting a rescue?

June 22, 2023
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By:
  • A Martínez and
  • Brian Mann
Mountaineers make their way to the summit of Mount Everest, as they ascend on the south face from Nepal on May 17, 2018.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: A lifesaving moment at Mount Everest

Against a backdrop of another deadly climbing season on Mount Everest, NPR's Scott Simon contemplates one story of sacrifice and heroism.

June 03, 2023
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  • Scott Simon
Tents are pitched on Camp 2, as climbers rest on their way to summit Mount Everest on May 16, 2013. University of Washington officials say a retired Seattle doctor died on Monday, May 1, 2023, while climbing Mount Everest. Dr. Jonathan Sugarman was climbing the mountain as part of an expedition arranged by Washington state-based International Mountain Guides.

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  • World

A Seattle professor died during a hike up Mount Everest

The U.S. citizen did not die from a climbing-related accident or inclement weather, his group said. Mount Everest, located across Nepal and Tibet, is the world's highest point above sea level.

May 03, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
Quelccaya glacier in Peru, photographed in 2015. Glaciers in the Andes mountains contain significantly less water than previously thought, according to a new study.

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  • Climate

Glaciers are shrinking fast. Scientists are rushing to figure out how fast

Billions of people rely on glaciers for drinking water, hydropower and irrigation. A raft of new research suggests there is less ice left than previously thought.

February 08, 2022
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  • Rebecca Hersher
Members of the Full Circle Everest team pose for a photo on Mount Rainier earlier this year. Next year, group members hope to become the first all-Black team to reach the top of Mount Everest.

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  • World

A mountaineering group is aiming to be the 1st all-Black team to climb Mount Everest

The Full Circle Everest team will be scaling Everest next year in an attempt to make history. But it's not just about the climb. They also want to inspire Black people to explore the outdoors.

October 09, 2021
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  • Sharon Pruitt-Young
Tents of mountaineers are pictured Monday at the Everest Base Camp in Nepal.

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  • Asia

COVID-19 Reaches Mount Everest As Nepal Struggles With Record Infections

Climbers are reporting an outbreak at Everest Base Camp in Nepal, where hundreds of climbers assemble as they prepare for summiting the world's tallest peak.

May 05, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman
The official height of Mount Everest has been the subject of intense negotiations between Nepal and China. The revised number both countries have agreed upon: 8,849 meters, or about 29,032 feet.

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  • Asia

Everest Gets A Growth Spurt As China, Nepal Revise Official Elevation Upward

After years of surveys and calculations, the countries said Tuesday that the world's highest peak now stands about 29,032 feet above sea level — more than 2 feet taller than the previous consensus.

December 08, 2020
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By:
  • Colin Dwyer

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