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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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1001 mystery
Dead man's foot on Everest revives 100-year-old mystery
The discovery of the shoe and foot of Andrew Comyn Irvine, an explorer who died in 1924, could solve one of mountaineering's greatest mysteries.
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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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Mysterious mummy in the glacier in the mountains
A mummy has just been discovered on the glacier at the top of Mount Pico de Orizaba in a state of not wearing climbing clothes.
Medicine - Health
Mountain sickness is a combination of 2 diseases
Mountain sickness progresses when we reach a height above 2,500m above sea level due to reducing the specific pressure of oxygen in the inhaled air.