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Overkill on Everest

Overkill on Everest

Last week, a government panel set up after this spring’s fatalities on Mt Everest were blamed on overcrowding recommended that permits be issued…

Aug 26, 2019
On Everest 4 years after the Nepal Earthquake

On Everest 4 years after the Nepal Earthquake

FLATTENED: Photographs from Base Camp after the quake-induced avalanche on 25 April 2015, and a damaged lodge in Pheriche.It has been exactly…

Apr 12, 2019
Why we climb mountains

Why we climb mountains

All photos: DAMIEN FRANCOISMountaineers have been asked why they climb mountains for as long as big mountains have been climbed. But for…

Mar 13, 2019
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Profiting from tragedy

Expedition operators are using the avalanche tragedies on Everest to extort climbers

Sep 24, 2015
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Cleaning instead of climbing

A multinational group of climbers decided that even if they couldn’t climb Everest, they would clean it up

May 14, 2015
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