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CT student becomes youngest American woman to climb Everest, world's tallest mountains: 'The time of my life'
Fast forward to May 15, when Schwerin became the youngest American woman to summit Mount Everest at age 17. At the top of the ...
She escaped an avalanche and became the first woman to summit Everest. Today, few remember her name
Japanese climber Junko Tabei was part of an-woman team climbing Mount Everest. Despite almost being crushed in an avalanche, ...
Four men court controversy with audacious plan to scale Everest in one week
The use of xenon gas may help cut the usual trip time from weeks to days. But not all members of the climbing community ...
Fifty years ago, Junko Tabei became the first woman to summit Everest – why do so few people know her story?
Despite the extraordinary feats of Tabei and many other adventurous women, sexism and misogyny in mountaineering have ...
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She escaped an avalanche and became the first woman to summit Everest. Today, few remember her name
In the words of mountaineering historian Walt Unsworth, climbing Everest “is the story of Man’s attempts to climb a very special mountain.” This has had real-world consequences for ...
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Who are the Everest sherpas and what do they do? We look at the often unsung heroes behind some of the world's most famous mountaineers
People who live in the Nepalese mountains have been guiding foreign climbers up the world's tallest mountain since the 1920s.
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Haryana women mountaineers want the Vinesh Phogat life. ‘We’re like wrestling daughters’
I n 2023, Reena Bhati was just 50 meters from the summit of Mount Everest — and from fulfilling her dream. But her will, no ...
Can Mount Everest really be climbed in a week?
An expedition is planning to take clients up the world's tallest mountain in record time with xenon gas. But some in the ...
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Geeta Samota becomes first woman CISF officer to scale Everest
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