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  • TALK: Sherpas in the City

    "The skyscrapers of Manhattan may not reach as high as Everest, but this is where Tsering Norbu Sherpa, a member of mountaineering's most famous clan, is making a new life. CHRISTIAN DeBENEDETTI rides shotgun with...

  • TALK: Everest & the Poles in one year

    Minnesotan Eric Larsen is trying to complete an unsupported expedition to the summit of Everest and the North and South Poles within one year. Eric lives in Grand Marais and, all totaled, has traveled enough...

  • TALK: Everest: Beyond the Limit

    I stumbled across this show last night on Discovery and was immediately hooked:"One early, compelling scene showed Tim standing amongst the memorials erected for climbers who have died on the mountain. The monument that he...

  • TALK: Climbing and brain damage

    Yet another study of high-altitude mountain climbers has found brain damage.Neurologists at the Clinica Queron and Miguel Servet University Hospital in Zarogoza, Spain, ran MRI brain scans on 35 climbers, including 13 who had taken a...

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