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Why does climbing Mount Everest have to start at midnight?
Only by setting out at midnight do you stand a chance of climbing Everest. If you wait until dawn to get there, you may never return.
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Why do people who die on Mount Everest have to stay there forever?
As the highest peak in the world, Mount Everest at 8,848.86 metres is considered the ultimate challenge for countless mountaineering enthusiasts.
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Why is Mount Everest so attractive to so many people?
The attempt to climb Mount Everest requires months, sometimes years of training. To date, more than 300 people have been confirmed dead during the climb.
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The mummy girl froze for 500 years intact as if it had just died
Peruvian climber Miguel Zárate and his colleagues took years to find the frozen mummy of an Inca girl, a scapegoat on the mountain.
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'Death Threshold' on Everest: The untold story of the 5 greatest climbing legend in history
11:30 am on May 29, 1953 is an unforgettable moment in the history of the world when two climbers first set foot on Mount Everest.
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The truth about the bones and hairs of the snowman
In 1951, British climber Eric Shipton returned from the expedition to Mount Everest and photographs of giant footprints in the snow, sparking assumptions about snowmen.
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Survive after 47 missing days in the Himalayas
A 21-year-old Taiwanese student was rescued in the Himalayas on April 26, 47 days after he and his girlfriend disappeared.
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Human health becomes meaningless at the top of Everest's roof
At altitudes above 8000m, the amount of oxygen is extremely thin and rare, it is not enough to maintain the functioning of the brain, heart, muscles, other internal orga…
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Why do people always want to conquer Mount Everest?
Every spring, besides the stories of success, there is no shortage of tragedies of climbers when conquering Mount Everest.
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The highest mummy of three mountain climbers in Mexico
The rescue team found three mountain climbers missing 59 years ago on Mexico's highest volcano, buried under thick ice.
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The mystery surrounds the Otzi ribbon ax
In 1991, two German climbers suddenly discovered a mummy preserved intact in the ice and named the Otzi gang.
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Gold coins 2,000 years of casting the Roman emperor was deified
A climber found a rare gold coin cast in the shape of the Roman emperor Augustus dating back nearly 2,000 years, just like the version on display at the British Museum i…
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Treasures Viking 1,200 years old revealed under the neck
A Norwegian climber accidentally spotted a sword that was more than a millennium old while walking on an ancient road.
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Mummies on the glacier at the summit of Mexico mountain
Two mummies under the ice on the mountain of Mexico, most likely the bodies of the missing climbers in an avalanche more than 50 years ago, have been found.
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Discover 6,500-year-old gold pendant
A Greek climber found a 6,500-year-old gold pendant in a field and handed it over to local officials. A flat pendant with a size of 3.8 x 3.8 cm is found in Ptolemaida t…