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The truth that changed everything was a biblical theology of home. As Masonheimer describes it, this theology “teaches us God ...
History Knox Mark Sebastian Jordan takes us on a stroll through the community's past each Saturday in his History Knox column. FREDERICKTOWN — One hundred and forty-six years ago this week, amateur ...
Climbing Mount Everest may get even harder. A new proposal from Nepal aims to tighten requirements and improve climber safety on the world's tallest peak, but such proposals rarely become law.
Mike Tobin shared a video of his hike over 29,000 feet above sea level, bringing attention to the 22 veterans and first responders who commit suicide every day.
Well, I saw they had the Everest Base Camp trek with a mountain climb called LoBuche," she said. "That was 20k feet, and I thought I can do that, I had no idea how hard it would truly be.
David Sullivan's defibrillator on Mount Everest wound up saving a life, highlighting the importance of CPR training and access to life-saving devices in remote areas.
On May 8, 1978, world-renowned alpinist Reinhold Messner and his frequent partner, Peter Habeler, became the first to summit Mount Everest (29,032 feet) without supplemental oxygen.
What do climbers and guides eat at Mount Everest Base Camp to keep their bodies moving at 17,500 feet?. In this week’s Dispatches from Everest video, Ben Ayers explains the cuisine that you will ...
Katelyn Sims remembers reading books about Mount Everest in the third grade. A couple of weeks ago, she found herself standing on top of it. Sims, 34, summited Mount Everest around 11 a.m. on May ...
It was a travesty—two travesties, actually, separate but inextricably linked. In May 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, a ...
In 2001, Siffredi summited Everest on foot, before beginning a non-stop descent on a snowboard. The world-first got off to a rocky start when it was decided his preferred route down Hornbein ...
Jun. 15—After climbing the tallest peak in six continents, there was only one left for Duke Pigott to scale — Mount Everest. After 17 years, including delays during the pandemic and ...