The Ice Doctors Set to Prepare the Khumbu Icefall on Mt. Everest
The Khumbu Icefall, a frozen river that moves four feet a day, flows at the foot of Mt. Everest and must be navigated to ...
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Everest Icefall Doctors About to Begin World's Most Dangerous Job
A team of eight Sherpa climbers left Namche Bazaar yesterday for Everest Base Camp. Soon, they will begin creating a path ...
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Icefall doctors leave for base camp to fix Everest climbing route
With the start of main climbing season, an eight-member team of icefall doctors today left for the Mt Everest base camp from ...
Lakpa Sherpa On the Upcoming Everest Season
K Expeditions will fix the ropes from Camp 2 to the summit of Everest. Owner Lakpa Sherpa spoke to ExplorersWeb about the ...
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Sorrow on the Mountain
Above him a string of headlamps flickered in the darkness, as more than 200 Sherpas and other Nepali workers filed through the Khumbu Icefall. Considered among the most hazardous sections of any ...
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Dead body of Russian climber to be taken from Everest to Kathmandu by helicopter
According to another Russian climber, Sergei Simakov, who knew Bolotov personally, the accident took place near the Khumbu Icefall, not far above Base Camp. “Climbers Alexei Bolotov and Denis ...
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Play Hide-and-Seek Deep in the U.S. Southwest
at the top of the Khumbu Icefall on Mt. Everest's south side. “There’s always an option kids can do easily,” says Micheaux, and parents choose between mellow and more intense activities.