The Ice Doctors Set to Prepare the Khumbu Icefall on Mt. Everest
The Mount Everest Season Begins The spring climbing season will begin in the next several weeks in the Himalayas – including teams headed to Mount Everest. The ...
The Untold Story of the First All-Women Team Who Summited Denali 55 Years Ago
In 1970, the first all-female team summited Denali. The new book "Thirty Below" by Cassidy Randall tells this forgotten story ...
'I’m a ski fanatic, here’s why Val D’Isère is my new favourite resort’
From world-class slopes and Nordic skiing to exceptional dining and cosy alpine chalets, this French ski resort caters for ...
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Seven Winter Wonders In Alberta You Need To See Before The Snow Melts
While it may feel like we’re still freezing away in the depths of winter, we want to remind you that spring is just around ...
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Everest Icefall Doctors About to Begin World's Most Dangerous Job
The Sherpa team in charge of opening a route through Everest's Khumbu Icefall is about to begin their annual high-risk job. A team of eight Sherpa climbers and a small camp staff left Namche ...
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Icefall doctors leave for base camp to fix Everest climbing route
KATHMANDU: With the start of main climbing season, an eight-member team of icefall doctors today left for the Mt Everest base camp from Namche Bazaar to fix a climbing route up to Camp II in the ...
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Book Review
A new book by the historian Linda Gordon considers seven social movements that transformed the country — not all of them for the better. A major figure in independent publishing, he promoted ...