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Climbers near Everest summit. Reuters
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Climbers walk down a path from Mount Everest after expeditions. Reuters
Brits, Mexican are 1st Foreigners on Everest since Disasters
Two Britons and a Mexican on Thursday became the first foreigners to climb Mount Everest in two years together with three Nepalese guides, officials said, after disasters in 2014 and 2015 killed dozens and forced mountaineers off the world’s tallest peak. The...Caption:
Tents at Everest base camp in Nepal. Reuters
Climbers Near World’s Tallest Peak after 2 Years of Disasters
Climbers are making good progress on Mount Everest and the first group could reach the summit as early as Thursday, in the first attempts in three years to make the final ascent to the world’s tallest peak after disasters cut short the 2014 and 2015 campaigns....Caption:
Sangita, a shop-owner, sits on top of a damaged temple as she watches rescue workers operating, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 29, 2015. (EPA/Abir Abdullah)
Tent cities thin out in Nepal capital but residents on edge
Kathmandu, AP—Under a steady morning drizzle, hundreds of people lined up Thursday in Kathmandu hoping to board free government-provided buses to rural parts of the quake-hit country as food aid began to reach remote villages near the epicenter. Tens of thousands of...Caption:
Climbers search through crushed tents for fellow trekkers caught in an avalanche at a base camp on the Nepal side of Mount Everest on April 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Mariusz Malkowski)