U.S. Air Force Team Climbs Mount Everest
A local U.S. Airman has nearly completed the climb of his life – all the way to the top of Mount Everest. Full story
Mount Everest’s glaciers are melting
Climate change is believed to be the reason why the Mount Everest glaciers are melting, reducing the frozen layer around the mountain. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.
From the archives: Blind mountaineer tackles Everest
March 23, 2001: Eric Weihenmayer was preparing to climb Mount Everest. NBC's Roger O'Neill profiled Weihenmayer, a skilled and daring athlete, who two months later became the first blind climber to reach the mountain's summit.
Climber, 80, aims for Everest record
An 80-year-old Japanese man is hoping to become the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
Teen with Down syndrome tackles Everest
Eli Reimer, 15, has made history doing something many adults would find difficult: hiking to the base of the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest, becoming the first American with Down syndrome to complete the climb. NBC’s Ron Mott reports.
Nepali becomes first woman to climb Everest twice in a week
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A young Nepali sherpa climber has become the world's first woman to scale Mount Everest twice in a week, Guinness World Records has confirmed. Full story
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Tourist plane crashes on way to Mount Everest
Nineteen people have died in a plane crash in Nepal. They were on their way to climb Mount Everest. The plane crashed into a field shortly after take-off from the capital Kathmandu. It was bound for Lukla, the starting point for a trek through the Himalayan mountains to the base camp of Mount Everes
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