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Mountaineering team of Corps of Signal flagged off - IBNLive.com

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:04:09 GMT+00:00


Mountaineering team of Corps of Signal flagged off
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The expedition is a part of an ambitious plan to put the Signals flag atop the summit of Mt Everest by 2015-2016. Initially, the team was supposed to climb ...

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Seattle climber aims to set speed record on Everest, and honor fallen wife - Seattle Times

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 05:09:25 GMT+00:00


Seattle climber aims to set speed record on Everest, and honor fallen wife
Seattle Times
Seattle climber Chad Kellogg was on a mission in the spring of 2010: Set the world speed record for climbing Mount Everest, and scatter the ashes of his ...

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Rejection of Mountaineer's `Record` - 동아일보

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:18:31 GMT+00:00


Rejection of Mountaineer's `Record`
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He achieved a world first in 1978, however, by conquering Mount Everest without an oxygen mask and then scaled all 14 Himalayan peaks in 1986. ...

Climber Conquers Everest and Records Grand Slam - New York Times

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:44:42 GMT+00:00


Climber Conquers Everest and Records Grand Slam
New York Times
Levine also became the first American woman to do so by taking the Messner route across Antarctica, skiing approximately 600 miles to the South Pole rather ...

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Because she wasn’t there? - Korea Times

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:48:33 GMT+00:00


Because she wasn’t there?
Korea Times
In recent years, guided ascents of Mt. Everest and others among the world’s highest mountains, have become big business and led to a new type of ethical ...

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High authority - BBC News

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:03:41 GMT+00:00


High authority
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Miss Hawley's investigation into the disputed 2009 ascent of Kangchenjunga by Korea's Oh Eun-Sun - feted as the first woman to have climbed the 14 highest ...

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Woman climbs into record books for reaching 7 summits - KNDO/KNDU

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:06:13 GMT+00:00


Woman climbs into record books for reaching 7 summits
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LeClaire has climbed her way into history books as the first woman over the age of 60 to climb the highest peak on each of the 7 continents. ...

New Orleanian Monica Kalozdi returning to Mount Everest - NOLA.com

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:05:23 GMT+00:00


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New Orleanian Monica Kalozdi returning to Mount Everest
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Whereas Kalozdi had planned an October trip to Katmandu to be honored as one of the first 100 women to summit Everest (she was the 97th), she was instead ...

In peak condition - Global Times

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:16:47 GMT+00:00


In peak condition
Global Times
"My original idea was Mount Everest (Qomolangma) only, but I realized I needed real training to get up there," she says. "Obviously there are some wealthy ...

GWK Moore and JL Semple: The mystery of Mount Everest - National Post (registration) (blog)

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:37:30 GMT+00:00


GWK Moore and JL Semple: The mystery of Mount Everest
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The 1924 disappearance on Mount Everest of George Mallory (who immortalized the phrase “because it's there” in explaining his quest to scale the world's ...

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