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The queue at the top of the world: Dozens of climbers wait to reach the top of Mount Everest

Hundreds of climbers have been captured in striking images queuing to reach the summit of the highest mountain in the world. Photographs taken from the snowy mountain showed adventurers in their ...
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She escaped an avalanche and became the first woman to summit Everest. Today, few remember her name

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She escaped an avalanche and became the first woman to summit Everest. Today, few remember her name

(CNN) — It was May 4, 1975. The Japanese Women’s Everest Expedition team had been living at a high altitude for six weeks, and were less than a week away from their scheduled bid for the summit of ...