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Nepal cracks down on Everest climbs: only qualified mountaineers allowed after record deaths
Nepal is tightening access to Mount Everest by requiring climbers to summit a 7 000-metre mountain first, aiming to improve safety and reduce overcrowding.
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Top Slovak mountaineer dies in Nepal after historic ascent
A member of the Slovak national mountaineering team fell into a crevasse on Thursday.
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Nepali sherpa becomes world’s second person to scale Everest 26 times
A Nepali sherpa guide climbed Mount Everest for the 26th time on Sunday, hiking officials said, becoming the world’s second person to achieve the feat.
‘You just see clouds as the sun rises’
OPINION: Tracy Duncan says her Mount Kilimanjaro journey was phenomenal.
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