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Ran Fiennes Backs Off Everest Summit Attempt
By Jon on 06/06/2005 10:39:59
Polar legend and heart attack survivor Sir Rannulph Fiennes has abandoned his attempt on Everest just one hour into the final summit push after suffering chest pains.
If you've been following the progress of polar explorer and heartattack survivor Ranulph Fiennes on Everest, then you'll be sorry tohear that the 61-year-old explorer backed off one hour into hissummit attempt on the mountain.According to the BBChe
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'Five Climbers Summit Everest'
By Jon on 20/05/2003 11:59:18
Chinese television is reportedly saying that five climbers reached the top of Mount Everest this morning. If true they are the first to summit on the mountain this year
-up on Everest yesterday, with poorconditions and a narrow three-day window of forecast good weather inthe offing.Looks like we weren't far wrong either. Everestnews.com's featuredIMG Expedition reports that seven teams are going to be aiming forthe summit on 22
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Fiennes Summits Everest
By Dave Mycroft on 21/05/2009 10:11:10
Low key expedition finally brings success
third attempt would bebad luck." A year on and Fiennes, Britains greatest living explorer,was back and at 1am this morning became the first person to cross theNorth and South Poles and stand on the summit of Mount Everest. At 65Sir Ranulph becomes
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Bounty Bar On Everest Summit...
By Jon on 20/07/2012 10:31:12
Funny what you spot sat among the prayer flags...
Quietly amused when picking out images for the news story about the new Buxton Adventure Festival to spot some unexpected confectionary nestling - sorry - amongst the prayer flags in this Everest summit shot of Squash Falconer. Yep, look closely
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Cool Summits Everest Again With Medal
By Jon on 25/05/2012 10:54:10
A tenth Everest summit for Kenton Cool, this time with an Olympic gold medal for company.
Top British mountaineer and guide Kenton Cool has summited Everest again, this time with an Olympic gold medal for company rather than Rannulph Fiennes or a Samsung phone.Cool made the summit in the early at midnight British time according
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Cool Summits Everest For Ninth Time And Tweets!
By Jon on 06/05/2011 13:47:32
British guide and MHW athlete Kenton Cool has just summited Everest for a record ninth time sending a twitter message from the top...
British mountain guide Kenton Cool has broken his own record for the number of Everest summits by a Brit' by climbing the mountain for the ninth time and celebrated by sending the first ever tweet from the highest point on earth.The tweet, if you
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Army Everest Expedition Selects Summit Team
By Jon on 11/05/2006 17:39:33
It's all gone a bit Chris Bonington on the West Ridge of Everest with the selection of the mountaineers who stand a chance of making history by summiting via this difficult route.
Latest news from the British Army team laying siege to the WestRidge of Everest is that the summit team has been selected.It's all a bit a throwback to Bonington-style, siege expeditions,but we reckon the Army's discipline means that there
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54 Climbers Summit Everest
By Jon on 16/05/2002 13:13:03
... or was it 55? Whatever the truth, there were certainly a lot of climbers on the roof of the world last night. A record in fact.
Looks like it's been a crazy day on Everest with - according toAnanova - total of 54 climbers summiting the mountain in a window ofgood conditions. Nepalnews says 55, but what's the odd climberbetween friends eh?Among them was Tashi Tenzing
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'Conan Summits Everest'
By Jon on 17/05/2006 10:01:55
Reports from Nepal say that OUTDOORSmagic member Conan Harrod has successfully climbed Everest, plus new record for the youngest Brits ever to succeed on the world's highest peak.
Great news from Everest where the Adventure Peaks web site reportsthat OUTDOORSmagic member and half of the first ever OM weddedcouple, Conan Harrod summited Everest this morning.From the website:'Conan Harrod and Scott McNaughton made the summit
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Anker, Houlding Summit Everest...
By Jon on 14/06/2007 14:43:53
... second step goes free suggesting 'Mallory and Irvine could have made it'
The Mallory-replica Altitude Everest expedition led byConrad Anker has put six expedition members includingAnker and Houlding on top of the mountain this morning- Thursday - in the process reinforcing the possibility that Malloryand Irvine could
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