There are two base camps on Mount Everest, on opposite sides of the mountains: South Base Camp is in Nepal at an altitude of 5,364 metres (17,598 ft) (28°0′26″N...
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contaminating the mountain is Base Camp. At approximately 5,500 m (18,000 ft), Base Camp sees the most activity of all camps on Everest because climbers acclimate...
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Tremors from the quake triggered an avalanche from Pumori into Base Camp on Mount Everest. At least twenty-two people were killed, surpassing the toll of...
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commercial expeditions at the base camp of Mount Everest prepare to climb to the summit. Rob Hall, who popularized commercial Everest missions, leads Adventure...
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Nepal-side Base camp: Some Everest-related marathons that start at Base camp or near Everest include the Everest Marathon, Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon...
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2015, 19 people—the most ever in a single day on Everest—were killed in an avalanche at base camp after a 7.8 earthquake, which killed more than 9,000...
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the free dictionary. A base camp is a staging area used by mountaineers to prepare for a climb. Everest base camps Base camp or basecamp may also refer...
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Khumbu Glacier (category Mount Everest)
final part of the trail to one of the Everest Base Camps. The start of the glacier is in the Western Cwm near Everest. The glacier has a large icefall, the...
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Consultants Friendship Everest Expedition 1996. From there the group travelled by helicopter to Lukla where they hiked to Everest base camp, reaching it on April...
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or Mount Everest may also refer to: Everest, Kansas, a small city in Brown County, Kansas, United States Everest Base Camp, two base camps, each on opposite...
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with the Three Passes Trek. It is slightly off route while visiting Everest base camps (Nepal side) but thousands of backpackers still visit it for the Gokyo...
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Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at 8,849 metres (29,031.7 ft) above sea level. It is situated in the Himalayan range of Solukhumbu...
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rescue from Base Camp, contributed The Storms: Adventure and Tragedy on Everest (2015). Graham Ratcliffe, who climbed to the South Col of Everest on 10 May...
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On 18 April 2014, seracs on the western spur of Mount Everest failed, resulting in an ice avalanche that killed sixteen climbing Sherpas in the Khumbu...
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Yevade Subramanyam (category Films about Mount Everest)
journey of self-discovery. Much of the filming took place at the Everest Base Camps in Nepal, becoming the first Indian film to be shot at the location...
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Scott Fischer (category American summiters of Mount Everest)
Mountain Madness, so Fischer’s mother Shirley was in Everest base camp (probably first time in Mount Everest history a climber was with his mother). Fischer...
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This is list of Mount Everest records of Indian nationals have achieved. Chhanda Gayen became the first Indian to climb to the summit of any two Eight-thousanders...
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The 1953 British Mount Everest expedition was the ninth mountaineering expedition to attempt the first ascent of Mount Everest, and the first confirmed...
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music composer respectively. Everest was shot in India and Nepal, with shooting locations including the Everest Base Camp (in Nepal) and the Dokriani Glacier...
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Dan Fredinburg (category Mountaineering deaths on Mount Everest)
April 25, 2015, of head injuries incurred in an avalanche at Mount Everest's Base Camp triggered by the April 2015 Nepal earthquake. Fredinburg grew up...
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team of 192 members arrived at Everest Base Camp with several tonnes of equipment. Camps 1 to 3 were placed at the base of East Rongbuk Glacier (5400 m)...
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the Chinese government completed a blacktop highway to the Mount Everest base camp to be used when the Olympic torch was taken to the peak. Workers spent...
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decided to return to the base and not attempt the summit again. The expedition marked the first reported climbing deaths on Everest. The expedition did, however...
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The 1924 British Mount Everest expedition was—after the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition—the 2nd expedition with the goal of achieving the first...
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to everest on Mount Everest, completing 8,850 metres (29,035 ft) of climbing over 177 laps of the 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) climb to Everest Base Camp in...
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on the "trail to base camp", a hike that climbers make on their way to Everest Base Camp (South) when attempting an ascent of Everest via the standard...
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Tenzing-Hillary Airport (redirect from Mount Everest airport)
because it is considered the starting point for treks towards Mount Everest Base Camp. There are daily flights between Ramechhap or Kathmandu and Lukla...
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Deverakonda, and Ritu Varma. It was notable for its extensive filming at Everest Base Camps in Nepal, making it the first Indian film to be shot at that location...
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to Mount Everest in May 1996 was a climbing expedition mounted by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) to reach the summit of Mount Everest. The first...
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Mount Everest in 2016 covers events about Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth located in Nepal and Chinese Tibet in Asia. It is a popular climbing...
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