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Everest Features
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Khumbu Climbing Center
Since it opened in 2003, the Khumbu Climbing Center has attracted more than 700 Nepali students and some of the world's top mountaineers as instructors.
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Adventurers of the Year
Your votes were counted. Presenting the 2012 Adventurers of the Year: Sano Babu Sunuwar and Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa. They climbed Everest, paraglided down, then paddled to the sea.
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Ed Viesturs: Inside Into Thin Air
What was it like for America's preeminent mountaineer to watch his friends walk straight into disaster at 29,035 feet? A reflection on 1996, one of Mount Everest's deadliest seasons ever.
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Is Everest on Your Bucket List?
Do you dream of summitting Everest? How about saving thousands of dollars (and your fingers and toes) by trekking to Base Camp? Here's how.
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First Americans on Everest
When Jim Whittaker was selected to be the first American atop Everest, that twist of fate would open up a world of soaring successes, bitter failures, public fame, and personal tragedy.
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Wade Davis on His New Book Into the Silence
Explorer Wade Davis reveals his thoughts behind telling the full story of the Great War, Mallory, and the conquest of Everest.
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50 Years on Everest
National Geographic magazine revisits the history of the mountain and its climbers.
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Mountaineer Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner
In 2011, Austrian mountaineer Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner became the first woman to climb all 14 8,000-meter peaks without supplemental oxygen and without porters.
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First Woman Mountaineer on World's Tallest Peaks
See photos of 2011 People's Choice Adventurer of the Year Edurne Pasaban on the summits of the world's tallest mountains.
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Conrad Anker: Solving Everest's Greatest Mystery?
Alpinist Conrad Anker climbs in the footsteps of George Mallory for The Wildest Dream. Learn about the man whose life has become intertwined with Mallory's.
On Everest
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2012 Expedition
Follow Conrad Anker and the team as they retrace the 1963 American expedition with photos, videos, and blog posts.
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Nat Geo Trips to Nepal
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Everest Base Camp Trek
Join a 19-day Himalayan trek through some of the world’s most spectacular mountain scenery.
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Tibet and Nepal Journey
Delve into the fabled cities of Lhasa, Shigatse, and Kathmandu over 16 days.
