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Year after Nepal earthquake, climbers are coming back to Mount Everest

Edit Star Tribune 19 Apr 2016
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Dan Akerman underwrites Everest expedition part 7

Edit The Examiner 19 Apr 2016
Akerman will answer that call sometime in May when he summits Mount Everest ... Everyone in the Ascent Himalayas Everest Expedition (AHEE) team is doing fine ... This is to limit the number of rotations we do on Everest. These mountains are safer than going up and acclimating on Everest ... By not stomping around on Everest you are limiting the danger of avalanche? ... Yeah, the Khumbu Icefall on Everest is very treacherous....

Martin Frey: Is this the world's most adventurous man?

Edit CNN 19 Apr 2016
(CNN)When Martin Frey set out to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, he had no inkling it'd be the start of an 11-year mission that would take him across continents, through oceans and potentially win him a place in the Guinness Book of World Records ... South America's Mount Aconcagua, Asia's Mount Everest, Europe's Mount Elbrus and Oceania's Carstensz Pyramid....

See how Nepal is mending a year after its deadly earthquake

Edit New York Post 19 Apr 2016
Nepal is a land in recovery. Last April 25, an earthquake registering 7.8 on the Richter scale ripped through the South Asian nation, devastating the region and taking nearly 9,000 lives ... And how could it not be?. At the foothills of the Himalayas, the country is home to that resplendent tease Mount Everest ... Trekkers rest at Everest base camp.Photo ... Photo ... Climbing Everest will run you at least $30,000, closer to $45,000 ... Where to stay ... Ad ... ....

Nasa astronaut to speak at PRL

Edit The Times of India 18 Apr 2016
He is probably the only astronaut who has climbed Mount Everest ... The veteran astronaut has been on five space shuttle flights, done seven space-walks and is the only astronaut to have scaled Mount Everest ... He succeeded in scaling Mount Everest ......

Can Two Climbers on Snapchat Improve Everest’s Struggling Reputation?

Edit National Geographic News 18 Apr 2016
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Into Thin Air disaster, when eight climbers died and several others were stranded above 8,000 meters on Mount Everest in a brutal storm ... In 2013, professional mountain climbers Simone Moro, Ueli Steck, and Jonathan Griffith demonstrated some bad etiquette by climbing above a rope-fixing team of Nepali mountain workers on Mount Everest....

Nepal’s female climbers blaze trails for their gender

Edit Taipei Times 18 Apr 2016
When a deadly avalanche hit Mount Everest a year ago, Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita, one of the few Nepali women with expertise in climbing the world’s highest peaks, headed straight there to help. A gifted mountaineer who had summited Everest by the age of 22, she is part of a new generation of Sherpa women who are climbing peaks that have traditionally only been scaled by their men....

Nepal's female climbers blaze their way to the highest peaks

Edit Topix 18 Apr 2016
When a deadly avalanche hit Mount Everest a year ago, Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita, one of the few Nepali women with expertise in climbing the world's highest peaks, headed straight there to help. A gifted mountaineer who had summited Everest by the age of 22, she is part of a new generation of Sherpa women who are climbing peaks that have traditionally only been scaled by their men ... ....

On this day: David Livingstone’s remains interred in Westminster Abbey

Edit Scotsman 18 Apr 2016
Events, birthdays and anniversaries on 18 April. 1775. Paul Revere made his famous midnight ride from Charlestown to Lexington, accompanied by William Dawes, to warn Massachusetts patriots of the arrival of British troops at the outbreak of the War of American Independence. 1874 ... 1906 ... 1942 ... 1946 ... 1946 ... 1949 ... 1949 ... 1968 ... 1976 ... Thirteen sherpas were killed and three others reported missing when an avalanche struck their group on Mount Everest. ....

This is how you should be doing your outdoor workouts

Edit New York Post 18 Apr 2016
If your house is stale after months of fending off winter, imagine how your muscles must feel. Fresh air and sunshine will do wonders for you too — so get out to your local newsstand for the best reads in outdoor exercise. Outside. Outside magazine is tops with travel ideas ... Finding its way into a popular topic, the mag for adventure enthusiasts has a feature on a veteran Mount Everest guide who tries to live a life without the mountain....

Month of April Weekly Highlights On DStv

Edit Modern Ghana 18 Apr 2016
Sherpa tells the harrowing story of how Mount Everest’s Sherpa community united in grief and anger to reclaim the mountain following the deadly avalanche that struck on April 18, 2014, killing 16 of their number ... in which the Sherpa community ponders the future of Everest climbing, and asks whether anything could justify the dangers they face....

Nepal's Women Climbers Blaze Trails For Their Gender

Edit NDTV 17 Apr 2016
When a deadly avalanche hit Mount Everest a year ago, Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita, one of the few Nepali women with expertise in climbing the world's highest peaks, headed straight there to help. ....

Dan Akerman underwrites Everest expedition part 6

Edit The Examiner 17 Apr 2016
What do Dan Akerman and Ben Stiller have in common? Akerman is a special risk insurance underwriter; Stiller played one in Along Came Polly. Jennifer Aniston’s Polly enticed Stiller to throw out his actuarial tables and take risks ... Akerman will answer that call sometime in May when he summits Mount Everest ... Examiner.com spoke with Ms ... She climbed Mt ... MD. You’re going to have the best endorsement in the entire world when he summits Everest....
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