Government takes steps to solve massive issue with Mount Everest: 'Once I got there, I found [it] everywhere'

The Nepalese government has unveiled the Everest Cleaning Action Plan to manage and clean up pollution plaguing the Earth's ...

The California peak so deadly public safety officials compare it to Everest

In a January news release, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department compared Mount Baldy, the 10,064-foot peak that ...
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Ocean Fossils Keep Turning Up on Top of Mount Everest. Scientists Say There’s a Good Reason for It

Conspiracy theories on the internet attribute these fossils to everything from a 'great flood' to a prank of Gandalf monster.

Peace Nepal Treks Introduces a Premium Everest Base Camp Trek With Helicopter Access

New 12-day Everest Base Camp Trek combines classic Himalayan routes with helicopter flights for safer, faster, and scenic ...

Nepal Arrests 6 Officials, Accusing Them of Fraudulent Everest Rescues

The officials from mountain rescue agencies are accused of carrying out unnecessary helicopter rescues to defraud ...
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We keep finding strange ocean fossils on the top of Mount Everest

Explorers keep finding marine life fossils at the top of Mount Everest. As weird as that sounds, there's a perfectly good reason why ...

7 bizarre facts about Mount Everest's death zone: From frozen bodies to deaths after reaching the peak, these facts will surprise you

The bodies typically do not decompose on Mount Everest because of the cold temperature. They sometimes break down due to extreme weathering in the glaciers.
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What the human body endures while climbing Mount Everest

The investigative minds at How to Survive analyze the extreme physical stress, oxygen deprivation, and injury risks endured ...