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(CNN) Mandy Moore posted about her and her friends hiking to Mount Everests base camp around the time an American lawyer became the 11th person to die during the climbing season.  Photo credit: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP In a long posting on her official Instagram account Monday the "This Is Us" star shared severa...
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A month-long cleaning campaign on the world’s highest mountain has concluded with the collection of over 10,000 kg garbage from the Mt Everest region.   Nepal Army personnel pile up sacks of garbage collected from the high camps of Mount Everest during the Everest Clean-up Campaign at Namche Bazaar, on Monday, May 27, ...
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A team of four from the Adare Uniting Church are taking on the challenge of participating in the Adelaide Coastrek 30km walk to be held on the Fleurieu coast in September.  Walking with a cause: Lindsay Pryde, Margie Field, Jaelene Slade and Barb Gepp busy training for the Adelaide Coastrek  Margie Field, Barb Gep...
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Isabella de la Houssaye raised her five children on adventure. Then came a brutal diagnosis, and a burning desire for a final journey with each one.  De la Houssaye in January, making her way to Camp 1 on Aconcagua ACONCAGUA PROVINCIAL PARK, Argentina — Isabella de la Houssaye and her daughter, Bella, struggled to...
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French climber Elisabeth Revol, who was dramatically rescued last year from Pakistan’s Mount Nanga Parbat, summited Lhotse Friday morning, a day after reaching the top of Everest, her expedition organiser said.  Philippe Desmazes, AFP | French mountaineer Elisabeth Revol talks to journalists during an exclusive intervi...
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While Everest snags the headlines, the most remarkable climb of the season may have just taken place on Chamlang, a 7,319m peak at the head of Nepal’s Hongu Valley, in the shadow of Makalu. Czechs Marek “Mara” Holeček and Zděnek “Hook” Hák have climbed a new route up the 2,000m Northwest Face, on an alpine style, eight-day ...
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Following the success of the award-winning Sinai Trail that opened in 2015, a new hiking route called the Red Sea Mountain Trail has just been unveiled. The 170km-long route, the first long-distance trail in mainland Egypt, highlights the little-visited rugged mountainscapes outside the beachside resort town of Hurghada and...
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KATHMANDU: Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja, 35, a former member of UK Special Forces, climbed Mt Makalu on Friday morning. With the ascent, he has climbed six of the world’s highest mountains, above 8000 meters, in just over four weeks. It has set a new world record.   He also completed the first phase of his ambitious missi...
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Depending on who you ask, hiking can mean anything from a 20-minute walk in the woods to a weeks-long trek through the Alps, which is why theres no such thing as the best hiking boot. Some boots look and feel like sneakers, others are made of fine leather and have enough traction to take on the wettest, muddiest trails. Bel...
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