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Astronomers discover doomed planet shedding a Mount Everest's worth of material every orbit, leaving behind a comet-like tail

Astronomers discovered a planet that orbits its star so closely that its surface is being scorched into magma and vaporizing into space.

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Sherpa climber set to break his own record for ascents of Mount Everest

Rita departed Kathmandu on Sunday to lead a climbing expedition to the 8,849-meter summit

The Independent UK

Blind ultra-runner climbs the equivalent of Mount Everest in non-stop endurance challenge

Victor Asenov ran up Bulgaria's Vitosha mountain 19 times in 46 hours, ascending more than 29,000ft

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What’s that microplastic? Advances in machine learning are making identifying plastics in the environment more reliable

Microplastics – the tiny particles of plastic shed when litter breaks down – are everywhere, from the deep sea to Mount Everest, and many researchers worry that they could harm human health.

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Civilization 7's post-launch roadmap will bring the Bermuda Triangle and Mount Everest to all players in March

While paid DLC adds Ada Lovelace and Simon Bolivar.

PC Gamer

Daredevil climbers banned from ascending Mount Everest without support

As of September, everyone on the mountain must be accompanied by an expert guide, improving safety but potentially jeopardizing record attempts

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Nepal Resumes Rescue Helicopter Flights To Mount Everest

Nepali airlines have resumed rescue helicopter flights to the Everest region, an aviation industry official announced Tuesday, following weeks of suspension prompted by protests from locals citing environmental impact and loss of income from trekkers.

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Fancy a new climbing challenge? Hidden mountains, more than 100 times larger than Everest discovered under the Earth’s surface

The two ginormous structures are more than 620 miles tall, dwarfing anything above ground

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Daredevil alpinist sets bold new record on Mount Everest

German climber Jost Kobusch is attempting to become the first person to summit Mount Everest alone, in winter, without supplemental oxygen

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The cult of self-improvement: How a documentary aimed at young people could be harmful

The documentary Kaizen, by French YouTuber Inoxtag, which chronicles the year he spent preparing to climb Mount Everest, got many mostly positive reactions. However, there is also good reason to wonder whether there is something harmful in the way he promotes the value of self-improvement — which he applies to…

The Conversation

My petty gripe: don’t ask what my plans are, my New Year’s Eve is none of your business

Maybe I’m climbing Mount Everest with Greta Thunberg or holding a vigil for a pet slug – but I am never answering this question honestly

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Peak climbing in Nepal:

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The video games you may have missed in 2024

A returning classic, a Love Island send-up and an answer to the age-old question: can you fry eggs atop Mount Everest? The year’s best games that might have passed you by

The Guardian - UK

Adam Peaty: LA Games would be incredible but is it worth ‘Mount Everest’ effort?

Peaty could compete at a fourth Olympics in 2028.

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Is Kawasaki Finally Building a True Off-road Adventure Motorcycle?

There's a glaring hole in Kawasaki's lineup: an adventure motorcycle.Yes, I understand that the KLR exists, but I'll offer up this question in return. Is the KLR an adventure motorcycle? Again, yes, but not in the same way as Yamaha's Tenere 700 or Honda's Transalp or any of the other…

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Scottish family on top of the world after trekking to Mount Everest base camp

AN adventurous Scottish family are celebrating reaching base camp on Mount Everest.

LiveScience

Will Mount Everest always be the world's tallest mountain?

The Himalayas' massive heights result from a unique combination of geologic factors.

Latin Times

Body of Legendary Mount Everest Climber Reportedly Found by Film Crew, Could Solve Century-Old Mystery

A National Geographic film crew found remains on Mount Everest that may belong to Andrew Irvine, a climber who vanished in 1924.

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The Independent UK

Partial remains of British climber believed found 100 years after Everest ascent

The partial remains of a British mountaineer who might — or might not — have been one of the first two people to climb Mount Everest are believed to have been found a century after their ascent of the world’s highest peak

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Remains Of British Mountaineer Possibly Found On Mount Everest

National Geographic expedition finds partial remains believed to be of British mountaineer Andrew Irvine near Everest's peak, potentially shedding light on...

The Guardian - UK

More clues in 100-year-old Mount Everest mystery as climber’s foot found

Foot, boot and sock believed to belong to Sandy Irvine, who disappeared in George Mallory’s 1924 expedition, discovered on glacier

Evening Standard

British explorer Andrew ‘Sandy’ Irvine’s partial remains believed to be found on Mount Everest after 100 years

Mystery of disappearance of climber Andrew ‘Sandy’ Irvine appears to have been solved 100 years on

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Mount Everest is getting even taller, new research reveals

Experts have revealed that the world's tallest mountain is getting bigger with every year

Evening Standard

Why Mount Everest is growing taller... Tech & Science Daily podcast

Tech & Science Daily speaks to co-author of the study, Adam Smith, from University College London.

The Conversation

Why is Mount Everest so big? New research highlights a rogue river – but deeper forces are at work

Mount Everest (also known as Chomolungma or Sagarmāthā) is famously the highest mountain in the Himalayas and indeed on Earth. But why?

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