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Mount Everest Climbers Are Now Required to Haul Nearly 20 Pounds of Garbage Off the Mountain

The new rule is meant to help tackle the estimated 50 tons of garbage currently sitting on the mountain

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STRI Tracks Mountain on the Move in Colombia

New Zealander Rob Hall, at the 28,000-foot mark of Everest's Southeast Ridge in 1994, led Jon Krakauer's team up in 1996. A storm claimed the lives of eight climbers, including Hall's, on that widely publicized expedition

Conquering Everest

A history of climbing the world’s tallest mountain

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Everest Pioneer Sir Edmund Hillary Dies

Take a look back at the 50th anniversary of his ascent of Mount Everest

"We keep on talking about doing a book together," says Madeleine Nash, of working with her husband, Thomas (above, at the South Pole).

Extreme Persistence

Madeleine and Thomas Nash braved high altitudes and frigid temperatures for “Chronicling the Ice”

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Mountains of Pain

For centuries the silver-rich Bolivian Andes have produced astonishing wealth —and an equal measure of human hardship

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Mount Athos, Where “Every Stone Breathes Prayers”

At this remote sanctuary, art and religion have intertwined for 1,000 years

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The Changing Face of Stone Mountain

In the shadow of a towering Confederate memorial — and a difficult history — a small Georgia town looks to the future

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