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☆ Mount Everest: Nepal to remove trash and dead bodies from world’s tallest mountain
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Lilit Marcus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —As the 2024 Himalayan mountaineering season gets underway, another high-altitude project is in the works: removing tons of trash from Mount Everest. According to the Nepali army, the Mountain Cleanup Campaign collected 110 tons of waste between 2019, when the program started, and 2023. These bodies are of climbers who perished while attempting to summit the world’s highest peak. As a result, overcrowding and trash have been two of the biggest problems plaguing Everest in recent years. In addition, 2024 will be the first time that all Everest climbers are issued tracking chips, which can aid in search and rescue missions.

Persons: Sherpas, Diwas Pokhrel, CNN’s Esha Mitra, Amy Woodyatt Organizations: CNN, Unilever, Everest Base, Everest, Everest Summiteers Association Locations: Everest, Nepal

☆ China reopens Mount Everest access to foreigners
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Lilit Marcus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —For the first time since the pandemic, China is allowing foreign climbers to access Mount Everest via Tibet. Rather than a tourism official or council in Beijing, all passes to use the Chinese route up the mountain, which is known in China as Qomolangma, are distributed by the China Tibet Mountaineering Association (CTMA). There is also no official announcement released by the Chinese government notifying the public that passes will be given out. Foreigners who obtain tourist visas to China must get an additional, separate visa for Tibet, which is a semi-autonomous region. Ballinger’s team will arrive in China on April 25 after pre-acclimatizing at home to save time.

Persons: Adrian Ballinger, Ballinger, Ballinger’s, ” Organizations: CNN, Alpenglow Expeditions, China Tibet Mountaineering Association, Everest Base, Foreigners Locations: China, Everest, Tibet, Nepal, Beijing, Lhasa

☆ Severe Frostbite Gets a Treatment That May Prevent Amputation
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Matt Richtel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The first time Dr. Peter Hackett saw a patient with frostbite, the man died from his wounds. Dr. Hackett later worked at Mount Everest Basecamp, on Denali, Alaska, and now in Colorado, becoming expert in treating cold-weather injury. His mentor in Anchorage used to say, “Frostbite January, Amputation July,” remembered Dr. Hackett, clinical professor at the Altitude Research Center at the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus. “For centuries, there was nothing else to do.”This month, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first therapy for treatment of severe frostbite in the country. The drug, iloprost, is given intravenously for several hours a day over a little more than week.

Persons: Peter Hackett, Hackett, Mount Everest Basecamp, ” Organizations: Mount Everest, Altitude, University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical, Food and Drug Administration Locations: Chicago, Denali , Alaska, Colorado, Anchorage

☆ A 92-year-old became the oldest man to cross the Grand Canyon after getting healthy in his 70s. Here are his diet and exercise tips.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Alfredo Aliaga Burdio, 92, is now the oldest man to cross the Grand Canyon rim-to-rim on foot. Burdio told Business Insider that he began pursuing a healthy lifestyle in his 70s. AdvertisementAlfredo Aliaga Burdio, 92, is now the Guinness World Record holder for the oldest man to cross the Grand Canyon rim-to-rim on foot. Burdio became the oldest man to cross the Grand Canyon in October 2023. In the last 30 years, he's walked the Grand Canyon rim-to-rim at least seven times.

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☆ Inside a Mount Everest Teahouse, Where a Gallon of Gas Can Cost $113
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Clancy Morgan | Enxhi Dylgjeri | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

The Everest base-camp trek takes days and over 100 kilometers of hiking. But the porters, who carry upwards of 45 kilograms each day, usually stay in separate lodging from the climbers who hire them. And at over 4,200 meters, getting anything to a teahouse, whether on back or by yak, is a logistical nightmare. So, what's it like inside these teahouses? And how do you run a business at the top of the world?

☆ Weddings at the Edge of the World
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Sakeina Syed | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To reach their wedding venue, Austin O’Reilly and Iulia O’Reilly crossed a swaying suspension bridge, trying not to glance down at the glacial river below. “You’re just hanging on for dear life and knowing that your wedding is at the other end of this trek,” at an altitude of 17,600 feet, Mr. O’Reilly said. When looking for a wedding venue in 2022, nothing felt right. “My dad jokingly was like, ‘What about Everest?’” Ms. O’Reilly, 26, said. “We really wanted something that would challenge us and represent our love for each other” said Mr. O’Reilly, an accountant at Deloitte.

Persons: Austin O’Reilly, Iulia O’Reilly, O’Reilly, “, ” Organizations: Seton Hall University, Deloitte Locations: New York, New Jersey

☆ How this 77-year-old widow lost $661,000 in a common tech scam: 'I realized I had been defrauded of everything'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +19 min

Older adults, many of whom have saved their entire careers for retirement, can have the most to lose. The Covid pandemic was a disproportionate threat to older adults, keeping Americans indoors and quickly pushing them online. Outcomes hinge on a complex web of federal and state rules that govern banking and elder financial fraud. Such "heightened procedures" to protect older adults are part of the bank's duty of care relative to older customers, the lawsuit said. Scammers had her wire funds from her PNC bank account to an account at the now-defunct Signature Bank in New York.

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☆ This company thinks the future of education is virtual reality schools that offer students a more 'decentralized' experience
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementBack in 2015, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey predicted that — sooner or later — virtual reality headsets would find their way into the classroom and enable a new, more immersive future for education. Now, an online school called Optima Academy Online seems to be answering those queries, and bringing Luckey's vision to fruition. Kevin Wolf/APOptimaEd, the Florida-based company behind Optima Academy, is helmed by conservative education activist Erika Donalds, wife of Republican Congressman Byron Donalds. A field trip to EverestThe school instructs students through a combination of virtual reality sessions and online classes. Instruction for kindergarten through second grade is more similar to virtual school where classes are both live and pre-recorded, according to Optima's website.

Persons: Adam Mangana, Palmer Luckey, Luckey, Erika Donalds, Byron Donalds, Kevin Wolf, Ron DeSantis, Jeremy Bailenson, Optima's Organizations: Yorker, New, Summit, Optima, Meta, Optima Academy, Everest, New Yorker, Research Locations: Florida, Dublin, Everest, à, Arizona, Michigan, Yorker

☆ American Deaf climbing couple makes history on Mount Everest
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Lilit Marcus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

On May 22, Unger and Lehmann became only the third and fourth deaf people to summit Mount Everest. Deaf climbers on the riseUntil this year, only one deaf person had ever summited Everest – Japanese climber Satoshi Tamura, an alpine skier who succeeded on his third attempt, in 2016. Courtesy Shayna Unger and Scott LehmannClimbing up and overThe Everest environment can make communication difficult for anyone, deaf or not. Unger and Lehmann have been a couple since high school, but they only started climbing together in 2015, when they summited Kilimanjaro. Muhammad Hawari Hashim (far left), a Sherpa guide, Shayna Unger, and Scott Lehmann at Everest base camp.

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☆ I'm a former Navy SEAL who protects rich people on vacation. I've taken them everywhere from French Polynesia to Mt. Everest.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Claire Turrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I used to move US Special Forces troops around Iraq and Afghanistan. As a Navy SEAL, I was awarded a Bronze Star Medal in Iraq and a Bronze Star with V for Valor in Afghanistan. While our services are expensive, we can make our clients' travel insurance cheaper. We protect the family, but we can also protect the yacht's contents — some of our client's yachts have multi-million-dollar art collections on board. If we have a guest who has never skydived before, we'll hook them up with a Special Forces instructor.

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Nepal CNN —A US climber has died on his way to scale Mount Everest on Monday, according to an expedition organizer. “Jonathan Sugarman died at Camp 2 after he began to feel unwell,” Pasang Sherpa told CNN on Tuesday. Spring is the most popular time to climb Mount Everest with most climbers aiming to ascend the peak in May. “The geography we can’t change… but we are trying to manage by adding multiple ropes,” Yubaraj Khatiwada, the director of Nepal’s Tourism Department, told CNN. Nepal is home to eight of the 10 highest mountains in the world, so mountaineering is a significant source of revenue for Sherpas, despite the risks associated with climbing Everest.

☆ 'Death zone' queues feared on Everest as Nepal grants record climbing permits
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Gopal Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] A general view of the Everest base camp taken from a drone, in Nepal April 24, 2023. So far, Nepal has handed out a record 463 permits to climb Everest between March and May, beating 2021's 409. Climbing is a key earner for the poor country, where about 500,000 people are employed in tourism, including climbing, and the number of permits has been rising steadily. So far this year, Nepal has granted permits to 1,046 climbers for 24 peaks, earning the government $5.6 million, of which $5 million came from Everest alone. He said the government was considering introducing a requirement for climbers to scale at least one 6,000-metre peak in Nepal before attempting Everest.

☆ Mount Everest climbing permits: Nepal issues record number for spring season
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Sugam Pokharel | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Nepal has issued permits for a record 463 climbers so far for this spring season’s expeditions to Mount Everest even as experts worry about dangerous overcrowding at the summit. Spring is the prime time to climb Mount Everest, although some mountaineers might climb in the less favorable autumn season. Warnings of too many people on EverestMountaineers have warned of the dangers of overcrowding on Everest. “The geography we can’t change… but we are trying to manage by adding multiple ropes,” Khatiwada told CNN. Three Sherpas died earlier this month after being buried by a block of snow on Everest, according to the official.

☆ This startup turning human waste into fertilizer just raised $7.5 million. Here's the 17-slide pitch deck Wasted used to raise the fresh funds.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Wasted is making fertilizer out of urine and just raised $7.5 million in fresh funding. Wasted, which he created alongside Taylor Zehren and Thor Retzlaff, is redesigning the porta-potty to ultimately turn human waste into agriculture fertilizer. At least 40 wastewater treatment plants were damaged as a result of the 2017 hurricane Harvey, which saw raw sewage spill out onto streets. Nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium are common fertilizers found in human waste but are typically extracted from the earth for use. There is a long history of some countries using untreated or partially-treated human waste as fertilizer.

☆ Urmăriți live unde sunt moldovenii din Nepal care încearcă să cucerească vârful Mera Peek
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-15 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

O expediție spre muntele Mera Peak (Nepal), cu o înălțime de 6 476 de metri, are loc acum. „Proiectul MyEverest este o continuitate a unei experiențe personale, de acum doi ani, în care am parcurs peste 300 de kilometri prin Himalaya. „Mera Peak este un munte unic, în primul rând, pentru că este unul dintre cele mai înalte vârfuri din Nepal, cu acces pentru amatorii de drumeții montane. În plus, din vârful acestuia pot fi admirați cinci «giganți ai planetei», munți de peste 8 000 de metri: Everest (8 848 m), Kanchenjunga (8 586 m), Lhotse (8 516 m), Makalu (8 485 m) și Cho Oyu (8 188 m)”, susține ghidul expediției, renumitul alpinist moldovean Andrei Hohlov. Expediția este desfășurată cu suportul partenerilor generali: Mastercard, Moldindconbank, MOLDCELL și True Sweets – Dulcinella Altfel.

Persons: Iulian Bercu, Cho, moldovean Andrei Hohlov Organizations: TV8 Locations: Mera Peak, Nepal, Republicii Moldova, Himalaya, Tiraspol, Chișinău, Peak, moldovean, Moldindconbank

☆ (foto) Mămăliga moldovenească a ajuns la poalele Everestului: Ceaunul, făina și brânza de oi sunt „autentice și cărate pe gheb” de participanții expediției
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-10 | by ( Https | Www.Facebook.Com Unimedia.Info | Ion Ceban | ) unimedia.info time to read: +1 min

„O mămăligă la poalele Everestului. A fost pregătită azi de Maestrul Viorel Miron și savurată, cu brânză de oi și afumături, de întreaga expediție MyEverest!”, a scris pe pagina sa de Facebook autorul proiectului MyEverest, Iulian Bercu. Toate ingredientele pentru a pregăti mămăliga au fost aduse din Moldova - făina, ceaunul, plita și baloanele cu gaz. Dar totul este absolut autentic, o mămăligă absolut moldovenească”, a precizat Bercu pentru UNIMEDIA. Expediția a ajuns astăzi în Everest Base Camp și a încheiat a doua etapă a proiectului.

Persons: Maestrul Viorel Miron, Iulian Bercu Organizations: Facebook, TV8 Locations: Moldova, UNIMEDIA, Mastercard, Moldindconbank, agora.md

☆ Un grup de sportivi amatori din R. Moldova vor escalada în premieră un munte din Nepal
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-15 | by ( ) ziuadeazi.md time to read: +1 min

O expediție spre muntele Mera Peak (Nepal), cu o înălțime de 6 476, va avea loc în lunile aprilie-mai 2021. “Proiectul MyEverest este o continuitate a unei experiențe personale, de acum doi ani, în care am parcurs peste 300 de km prin Himalaya. Despre “Everesturile” din viața fiecăruia dintre noi, pe care le putem depăși prin voință și caracter”, susține autorul proiectului Iulian Bercu. “Mera Peak este un munte unic, în primul rând, pentru că este unul dintre cele mai înalte vârfuri din Nepal, cu acces pentru amatorii de drumeții montane. Expediția se va afla în Nepal în perioada 13 aprilie – 24 mai, timp în care sportivii amatori vor parcurge câteva sute de kilometri, ajungând până în Everest Base Camp și escaladând mai multe treceri de peste cinci mii de metri din Himalaya.

Persons: Iulian Bercu, Cho, Andrei Hohlov Locations: Mera Peak, Nepal, Republicii Moldova, Himalaya, moldovean

„Proiectul MyEverest este o continuitate a unei experiențe personale, de acum doi ani, în care am parcurs peste 300 de km prin Himalaya. Despre „Everesturile” din viața fiecăruia dintre noi, pe care le putem depăși prin voință și caracter. „Mera Peak este un munte unical, în primul rând, pentru că este unul dintre cele mai înalte vârfuri din Nepal, cu acces pentru amatorii de drumeții montane. Partener Media General al proiectului este Postul de Televiziune TV8. Proiectul MyEverest este susținut de partenerii informaționali - diez.md, agora.md, moldova.org și UNIMEDIA.INFO.

Persons: Iulian Bercu, Cho, Andrei Hohlov Organizations: TV8 Locations: Himalaya, Tiraspol, Chișinău, Peak, Nepal, moldovean, Mastercard, Moldindconbank, agora.md

☆ (foto, video) Un grup de sportivi amatori din Moldova va escalada, în premieră, Muntele Mera Peak din Nepal
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-13 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

O expediție spre muntele Mera Peak (Nepal), cu o înălțime de 6 476, va avea loc în lunile aprilie-mai 2021. „Proiectul MyEverest este o continuitate a unei experiențe personale, de acum doi ani, în care am parcurs peste 300 de km prin Himalaya. Despre «Everesturile» din viața fiecăruia dintre noi, pe care le putem depăși prin voință și caracter. „Mera Peak este un munte unic, în primul rând, pentru că este unul dintre cele mai înalte vârfuri din Nepal, cu acces pentru amatorii de drumeții montane. Expediția este desfășurată cu suportul Partenerilor Generali: Mastercard, Moldindconbank, MOLDCELL și True Sweets – Dulcinella Altfel.

Persons: Iulian Bercu, Cho, Andrei Hohlov Organizations: TV8 Locations: Mera Peak, Nepal, Republicii Moldova, Himalaya, Tiraspol, Chișinău, Peak, moldovean, Mastercard, Moldindconbank

☆ What happens to your body in Mount Everest's 'death zone'
▼ + stars: | 2019-05-28 | by ( Aylin Woodward | Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Climbers who ascend higher than 26,000 feet on Mount Everest enter the "death zone." In the death zone, climbers' brains and lungs are starved for oxygen, their risk of heart attack and stroke is increased, and their judgment quickly becomes impaired. In 2019, at least 11 people died on Everest, almost all of whom spent time in the death zone. These extra, unplanned hours in the death zone might have put the 11 people who perished at higher risk, though it's hard to determine the specific causes of each death. Temperatures in the death zone never rise above zero degrees Fahrenheit.

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