Mount Everest
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something regarded as the most difficult or challenging of its kind.
the Mount Everest of international sailing.
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At over 29,000 feet, it is the highest peak in the world.
It was first scaled in 1953 by Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal.
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A Nepali climbing guide who went missing on Mount Everest for six days and was feared dead has been found alive after crawling back to Base Camp, officials told AFP on Thursday.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Hundreds of climbers are attempting to scale Mount Everest despite high costs and an unstable ice block on the key trail.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
In 2018 he became the first person to climb Mount Everest 22 times, breaking the 21-time record he previously held with two other Nepali Sherpa mountaineers, who then retired.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Spiders can be found everywhere from Mount Everest to Death Valley.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
“Well, not exactly. Some men climbed Mount Everest because it was there. Here is a wilderness.”
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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