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It’s Now Illegal For Everest Climbers to Share Photos of Other Expeditions

Climbers on The Summit Ridge of Everest

The Nepalese Department of Tourism has officially banned Everest climbers from taking or sharing photos of any expeditions other than their own. According to Gripped Magazine, the law was put in place to curb the number of viral photos of long lines on the world’s highest peak, such as Nirmal Purja‘s photo of the crowds on the summit ridge that […]

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Anson Brown | March 23, 2021
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HAPE: What Every Mountaineer Strives to Avoid

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE): a high altitude killer and a mountaineer’s worst nightmare. A build-up of fluid in the lungs from the extreme lack of oxygen at higher elevations can be deadly. This condition is never a surprise, in fact before HAPE occurs people usually get a condition called Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS). This is the mildest form of […]

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Joseph Phillips | July 18, 2017
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