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Mt. Everest Will Not Be Climbed for First Time Since 1974

Mount Everest will not be climbed this year for the first time since 1974. Following Nepal’s 7.8-magnitude earthquake on April 25th that killed 18 at the south Everest base camp and over 7,000 in Nepal, China closed the north side of the mountain to climbing. Nepal has not yet officially closed the south side of the mountain to climbing (mostly because they likely want to keep the $11,000 climbing permits issued to 357 climbers this year) but the Icefall Doctor’s, a group of Sherpa who fix the lines to cross the trecherous Khumbu Icefall (between base camp and Camp I), has […]

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SnowBrains | May 5, 2015
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