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# Everest

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# Everest
'Had an English person called me Jerry, I'd have told him to eff off - but Telfer was a Celt'
Jeremy Davidson scaled rugby’s peak with the 1997 Lions and ahead of today’s first Test he reveals the secret to beating the world champion Springboks in their backyard.
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Jul 24th 2021, 12:00 PM
# Nepal
Veteran Sherpa guide who set Everest record dies aged 72
Ang Rita was a national hero known as the ‘snow leopard”.
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Sep 22nd 2020, 8:48 AM
# TheJournal Investigation
“Every year you can see a change”: How melting glaciers are threatening livelihoods in the Himalayas
“This black mountain, in the past this was all ice but now it’s just rock.”
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Jul 26th 2020, 12:00 PM
# one man's everest
'I like the person I become the harder stuff gets'
Ex-rugby player Damian Browne is working his way towards The Seven Summits. Everest awaits.
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Dec 23rd 2019, 10:00 AM
# Seamus Lawless
Memorial service plans for Trinity professor who went missing on Everest announced
The family called off the search for Seamus Lawless yesterday evening.
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May 25th 2019, 1:00 PM
# RIP
Search for Trinity College professor ended as second Irishman dies climbing Everest
Séamus Lawless and Kevin Hynes have both died on the mountain.
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May 24th 2019, 6:00 PM
# Top of the World
'My first thought after climbing Everest was how soon could I get back down'
Today marks the 25th anniversary of Dawson Stelfox reaching the summit of the world’s highest mountain.
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May 27th 2018, 12:00 PM
# Xia Boyu
A climber who lost both legs to frostbite is hoping to finally conquer Everest
A ban on blind and double amputee climbers has been overturned.
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Apr 8th 2018, 7:00 AM
# Death Toll
The bodies of four more climbers found inside a tent near summit of Mount Everest
These latest discoveries brings the death toll in recent days to 10.
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May 24th 2017, 7:26 AM
# Summit Happens
Irishman who climbed Everest speaks about passing bodies at the summit
John Burke says the final night was “hell on earth”.
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May 19th 2017, 8:55 PM
# peaking
Prepping for Everest from your bed: The controversial way to summit in 35 days
The use of a hypoxic tent is becoming popular, but some climbers aren’t
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May 13th 2017, 5:00 PM
# Min Bahadur Sherchan
85-year-old climber died of altitude sickness during Everest attempt
Min Bahadur Sherchan was attempting to reclaim his title as the world’s oldest person to summit Mount Everest.
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May 8th 2017, 7:18 AM
# Mount Everest
85-year-old attempting to reclaim title as oldest person to summit Everest dies at base camp
The former soldier became the world’s oldest climber to summit Everest in 2008 when he was 76.
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May 6th 2017, 3:29 PM
# molehill
Is Everest still the tallest peak? Scientists aren't too sure
It’s thought a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal in 2015 knocked an inch off the top of the world’s highest peak.
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Jan 25th 2017, 6:15 AM
# himalayan tragedy
Three climbers die on Everest in the space of three days
The latest fatality is an Indian climber.
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May 23rd 2016, 12:12 PM
# Cinema
Trailer Watch: Which movie should you go see this weekend?
What’s a must-watch, and what’s a miss? We tell you.
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Sep 17th 2015, 8:30 PM
# Earthquake
All Irish citizens in Nepal are safe, as 1,000 Europeans remain missing
The death toll has topped 6,000.
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May 1st 2015, 9:18 PM
# Earthquake
Irish climber catches on video the moment deadly earthquake rocked Everest
Paul Devaney was at Everest Base Camp in Nepal when the earthquake hit.
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Apr 30th 2015, 9:59 PM
# Disaster
Watch: Video captures terrifying moment when avalanche hit Everest base camp
At least 18 people died at Everest as the earthquake and avalanches hit at the weekend.
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Apr 27th 2015, 8:28 AM
# Search and Rescue
There are 100 Irish people in areas affected by the Nepal earthquake
Efforts are being made to contact some 50 Irish citizens in the quake-hit region.
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Apr 26th 2015, 8:15 PM
# Scaling New Heights
Ever wanted to climb Everest? Now you can - in a way*
*In a way that is nothing like actually climbing Everest, but is still pretty good.
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Mar 17th 2015, 3:18 PM
# peaking it
Everest on speed: Summit expert will take you to the top of the world in six weeks
The best way to climb Everest is to do it fast,” says Adrian Ballinger.
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Aug 31st 2014, 6:30 PM
# death zone
Sherpas fear for their livelihoods as Everest 'shuts down'
The deadly avalanche of 18 April led to labour dispute and a closure of the mountain route.
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Apr 29th 2014, 8:15 PM
# Everest
11 dead after avalanche strikes Mt Everest
Six Sherpa guides were killed after they went early in the morning to fix ropes for climbers.
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Apr 18th 2014, 2:00 PM
# garbage deep mountain high
Climbers told to clean-up on Mount Everest - or face a penalty
Each member of an expedition must bring back at least eight kilos of rubbish, apart from their own trash.
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Mar 3rd 2014, 3:15 PM
# craghopper
A little cute dog climbed Mount Everest
The puppy had been rescued from the brink of death by his owner.
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Nov 13th 2013, 9:58 AM
# sitdown sunday
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
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Jul 14th 2013, 10:00 AM
# legit
This guy survived a record-breaking base jump from Mount Everest
Looks easy.
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May 29th 2013, 2:41 PM
# 8848 metres
Everest: 60 years since Hillary, Norgay reached summit
Since then, Temba Tsheri laments, the mountain has become ‘a playground’.
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May 29th 2013, 10:05 AM
# Record
He did it! 80-year-old scales Everest, sets record
Yuichiro Miura described himself as “the happiest person in the world” after completing the task.
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May 23rd 2013, 10:13 AM
# Mount Everest
80-year-old wants to be the oldest man to climb Mount Everest
He already broke the world record in 2007 but it was beaten four years later.
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May 17th 2013, 2:06 PM
# fight at a height
'Terrifying' brawl between climbers on Everest
Sherpas had advised Europeans not to climb a new “undisclosed” route, but eyewitness says climbers ignored request.
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Apr 29th 2013, 12:23 PM
# Tragedy
Three climbers die on Mount Everest, two still missing
The three climbers were descending the mountain when a wind storm hit the mountain.
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May 21st 2012, 8:40 AM
# R.I.P.
Memorial service held for lost Irish Everest climber
Tributes are paid to John Delaney in Co Laois, as his wife describes losing her “husband, hero and best friend”.
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May 28th 2011, 2:25 PM
# Everest
Service to be held today in memory of Irish Everest climber John Delaney
Delaney, a successful businessman who founded the market prediction company Intrade, died last weekend just 50 metres from the summit of Everest. Business colleagues have been paying tribute to him after his tragic death.
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May 27th 2011, 8:44 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: Expert disputes Ryanair’s claims that it sent a plane through the ashcloud; the joy the Irish man who died on Everest never got to share; and Brian O’Driscoll snapped with his trophy wife.
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May 25th 2011, 8:10 AM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock.
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May 24th 2011, 4:53 PM
# Tragedy
Irish climber dies on Everest - three days after wife gave birth
John Delaney, 41, hadn’t been told that his wife gave birth before he died on Saturday only 50 metres from the summit.
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May 24th 2011, 12:41 PM
# Nepal
I'm on top of the world, Ma!: Everest gets mobile coverage
Climbers will be able to text home and check their email thanks to Nepalese telecommunications company.
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Oct 29th 2010, 6:55 PM