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Bollywood Film Flaunt Youngest Girl To Conquer Everest

David Folami — Sun, 02 Apr 2017 19:14:09 +0000

A Bollywood film hitting Indian cinemas on Friday tells the inspirational story of a tribal girl from rural India who became the youngest woman to summit Mount Everest. Poorna Malavath was 13 years and 11 months old when she planted India’s tricolour flag on the top of the world’s highest mountain on May 25, 2014. [...]

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Guides and climbers cancel Mount Everest expeditions after tragedy

Ade Adewale — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 07:59:54 +0000

Distraught Nepalese guides and climbers cancelled expeditions on Mount Everest Monday after at least 13 colleagues died in an avalanche, as anger mounted at poor payments for sherpas who take huge risks on the world's highest peak. Sherpas already grief…

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Rescuers search for Mount Everest avalanche victims

Ade Adewale — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 12:45:53 +0000

Rescuers searched Mount Everest for bodies Saturday as authorities ruled out hope of finding any more survivors from an avalanche that killed at least 12 Nepalese guides in the deadliest accident ever on the world's highest peak. Four sherpas were still…

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Six Nepalese dead while six missing in Everest avalanche

Adewale A. — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 07:07:46 +0000

At least six Nepalese climbing guides have been killed and six others are missing after an avalanche struck Mount Everest early Friday in one of the deadliest accidents on the world's highest peak, officials said. "Rescuers have already retrieved four…

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