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New Speed Record For Everest
By Jon on 23/05/2003 10:14:17
A Sherpa has set an astonishing new record time for reaching the summit of Mount Everest from base camp. His ascent was four hours faster than the previous record...
Everest just wouldn't be Everest without the usual spate of recordattempts. So far this season we've had the oldest ever summiteer - aJapanese fella aged 70 who was also the first man to ski the SouthCol in 1970 - and now a 25-year-old Sherpa has
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Sherpas Squabble Over Everest Record...
By Jon on 02/06/2004 10:30:53
Last week's new Everest speed record is the subject of a complaint by 12 leading Nepali climbers including the previous record holder...
Last week's Everest speed climb record set by Pemba Dorje Sherpahas been questioned by no less than 12 leading Nepali climbersincluding a number of Everest summiteers, who have demanded aninvestigation.The time of just over eight hours eclipsed
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New Speed Record For Everest Climb
By Jon on 24/05/2004 11:18:24
A Sherpa has smashed the existing record for climbing Everest from base camp by almost three hours. The climb was aided by the tracks of around 90 recent summiteeers.
On top of this year's other Everest records - and there seems tobe a new one every day - comes the news that a Sherpa has broken therecord for the fastest ascent of the mountain.Pemba Dorje Sherpa reportedly climbed the peak in an astonishingeight
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Everest Blonde After Record
By Jon on 09/03/2010 17:47:11
22-year-old Bonita Norris is aiming to become the youngest British woman to summit the mountain.
A 22-year-old from Wokingham is tackling Everest this Aprilin a blaze of publicity which is possibly not totally unrelated to herblondeness.Bonita with sponsor flagon Manaslu - some stunning images at www.bonitanorris.comAccording to her web site
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Brit's Pointless Everest Record
By Jon on 22/05/2007 15:12:00
Hello! Yes, it's really cold! The Himalayas are everywhere! Hello, hello ...
British climber Rod Baber has set a markedly pointlessrecord by making a mobile phone call from the summit ofEverest.Baber, who also holds the world record for climbing the highestpoint of every European country, is sponsored by a large mobile
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Record Numbers Summit Everest
By Jon on 31/05/2007 16:10:45
514 and counting, plus Leo team films highest period drama at North Col.
and fifth ascents,a British record.There are still teams on the mountain though hoping for a spell ofsettled weather before the monsoon arrives in early June. They includeBrit' Jamie McGuinness's team and the Altitude Everest Expeditionwhich is led
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Records Set On Everest
By Jon on 27/05/2008 11:51:50
Busy times on the world's highest mountain with the oldest ever summiteer topping out. Plus Fiennes gives up mountains.
Everest summiteer. Theretired soldier was part of a 12-man Sherpa team.Remarkably 75-year-old Yuichiro Miura also reached the summit.He'd climbed the mountain previously and in 2003 held the record asthe oldest summiteer at the age of 70Another local, Appa
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Kenton Cool Sets Everest Record
By Jon on 21/05/2007 12:07:10
Top British mountaineer is the first to summit Everest four times.
A quick hot off the press story with the news that MountainHardwear-sponsored climber Kenton Cool has set a new recordand become the first Briton to summit Everest four times.Kenton topped out on the world's highest mountain for the fourthtime at 2
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Sherpa Sets New Everest Record
By Jon on 17/05/2007 13:54:47
How many times? Plus overcrowding on the mountain and latest from Leo and David...
which is raisingmoney for better education and healthcare for the children of thecommunities around the Everest region.Seven other Sherpas and a western climber also summited themountain including the record holder for the fastest ascent, Lakpa Gelu
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Sherpa Girl, 15, Sets Everest Record
By Jon on 25/05/2003 09:22:12
A 15-year-old Sherpani has become the youngest climber ever to summit Everest in a week when the oldest and fastest ascents ever have also been made.
A 15-year-old Sherpa girl has become the youngest person ever toclimb Mount Everest.Ming Kipa Sherpa apparently reached the summit on Thursday nightalong with her sister Lhapka Sherpa, 30, who herself has become theonly woman to climb Everest three
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