Sure, Sir Edmund Hillary got all the accolades for being the first to scale Everest. But the locals celebrate someone else -- Tenzing Norgay, the sherpa who some say beat Hillary to the summit of the world's highest mountain. ...full story at digg
from digg on Thu, Nov 05 2009
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Sir Edmund Hillary dies at 88 » the register (uk) RIP conqueror of Everest Sir Edmund Hillary, the NZ climber who in 1953 conquered Mount Everest and subsequently did much to improve the lot of Nepal's Sherpa people has died aged 88.… |
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'Super Sherpa' climbs to clean up Everest » digg Apa Sherpa has stood on top of the world more times than anyone in history, and now he is heading back up Mount Everest, not for the fame or glory, but in the name of environmental protection. Apa, 49, has become increasingly concerned about the damage... |
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Climber to Break Record With Mt. Everest Clean-Up Climb » digg Apa Sherpa, 49, has climbed Mount Everest a record 18 times but now he’s preparing for a 19th, this time to clean up the mess left by the thousands of climbers who have scaled the mountain since 1953. |
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Skydiver makes first ever jump over Mount Everest » digg A British skydiver has entered the record books as one of the first to parachute jump over Mount Everest towards the world's highest landing zone. |
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Why Climbers Die On Mount Everest » slashdot Science Daily reports that researchers have conducted the first detailed analysis of deaths during expeditions to the summit of Mt. Everest. They found that most deaths occur during descents from the summit in the so-called "death zone" above 8,000... |
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