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☆ A climber who summited the world's tallest peaks explains how he trains by keeping his body in Everest-mode
  + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Ellyn Lapointe | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Read previewGarrett Madison has built a career on risking his life to stand atop the world's tallest peaks. Everest, oxygen is scarce. Lack of oxygen causes the body to produce more red blood cells, which carry oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body. AdvertisementHow you can whip your body into Everest shapeIt's best to train for a high-altitude climb outdoors on hilly terrain. His company, Madison Mountaineering, has even created a training guide that can help whip your body into shape for an Everest-level climbing expedition.
Persons: —, Garrett Madison, I'm, Madison, michelangeloop, he's Organizations: Service, Business, Madison, Everest, Madison Mountaineering Locations: Everest, summiting Mt, Lhotse, Nuptse, Madison, Washington
☆ A team of climbers just summited 3 of the most challenging peaks in the world. They made it even harder by collecting roughly 2,000 pounds of trash along the way.
  + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Ellyn Lapointe | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
These three peaks — Mt. Everest, Mt. Professional mountaineer Garrett Madison has achieved the Everest triple crown not once, but twice — first in 2023, the deadliest Everest climbing season on record, and again this year. Plus, the climbers have to carry extra protective equipment like gloves and packages for transporting the trash down the mountain. Madison's cleanup project partners with both of these organizations in a united front against trash pollution on the world's tallest peaks.
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☆ US climber urges better policing to keep Everest free from garbage
  + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Gopal Sharma | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
[1/4] American Mountaineer Garrett Madison who climbed Everest for the 13th time, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Kathmandu, Nepal May 30, 2023. "We need to find better ways to bring the waste down," Madison said in the Nepali capital Kathmandu after returning from the mountain. "We need better policing to check that every team brings down its garbage." Mountain climbing generates big income for Nepal, which issued a record 478 permits for Everest this March to May season, each costing $11,000. While hundreds of people climbed the mountain this season, 12 of them died and five were missing on its slopes.
☆ From highs to lows, Everest record breaker sees ‘no future’ in Nepal
  + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
Kami Rita Sherpa had stood at the top of the world just days earlier, exultant at having summited Mount Everest for a record 28th time. Kami Rita has climbed Mount Everest a record 28 times. Kami Rita talks to the media at the airport in Kathmandu on May 25, 2023. The country earned $5.8 million in permit fees - $5 million from Mount Everest alone – during this year’s March-May climbing season. “This should be increased to 5 million rupees (about $38,000),” said Kami Rita, gently rubbing a bruise on his cheek.
☆ From highs to lows, Everest record breaker sees 'no future' in Nepal
  + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Gopal Sharma | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
[1/5] Kami Rita Sherpa, 53, a Nepali Mountaineer who climbed Mount Everest for a record 28 times, poses for a picture at his rented apartment in Kathmandu, Nepal May 28, 2023. REUTERS/Navesh ChitrakarKATHMANDU, May 29 (Reuters) - Kami Rita Sherpa had stood at the top of world just days earlier, exultant at having summited Mount Everest for a record 28th time. The country earned $5.8 million in permit fees - $5 million from Mount Everest alone – during this year's March-May climbing season. Expeditions hiring sherpas must take out life insurance for them, but the pay out is just 1.5 million Nepali rupees (about $11,300). "This should be increased to 5 million rupees (about $38,000)," said Kami Rita, gently rubbing a bruise on his cheek.
☆ U.S. mountaineer climbs rare Everest 'triple crown' as death toll reaches 12
  + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( Gopal Sharma | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
KATHMANDU, May 26 (Reuters) - A renowned U.S. mountain guide has achieved the rare Mount Everest region "triple crown" of climbing the Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse peaks in one season, a hiking firm said on Friday, as the season's death toll on the world's highest mountain hit 12. Madison, who owns the company Madison Mountaineering based in Seattle, climbed the smaller but technically difficult Nuptse peak, at 7,855 metres (25,770 feet), on May 8. British climber Kenton Cool, who climbed the triple crown in 2013, said Garrett was an "unflappable expedition leader" who quietly goes about his job. Cool, 49, last week set a new record of 17 summits of Everest, the world's highest peak, by a foreign climber. A Nepali, Kami Rita Sherpa, this week climbed Everest for a 28th time, the most by any mountaineer.
☆ The North Face is renaming its fleece jackets and spotlighting the Sherpa people
  + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Brahmjot Kaur | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +5 min
The North Face is dropping the word “sherpa” from the name of its fleece jackets this fall, using the opportunity to highlight the heritage of the Sherpa people. The collection, which was called sherpa fleece jackets and vests, will now be called “pile” fleece, as will all of the company's fleece products moving forward. A Women's High Pile Nuptse Jacket by The North Face. The North Face has credited the Sherpa people for helping guide the company’s athletes for decades during expeditions in the Himalayan mountains. The North Face isn’t the only company to use the word "sherpa" to describe products.
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