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stanley cup ar the summit of Mount Everest, a mountaineering official said Sunday, after two deaths from apparent altitude sickness in recent days highlighted the risks on the worlds highest mountain. In this file photograph, unidentified mountaineers walk past the Hillary Step while pushing for the su
stanley cup mmit of Mount Everest as they climb the south face from Nepal. AFP File Photo Most of the sick climbers suffered f
stanley cup rostbite while attempting to reach the summit or on their descent, Mountaineering Department official Gyanendra Shrestha said. Favorable weather has allowed nearly 400 climbers to reach the summit from Nepal since May 11, but the altitude, weather and harsh terrain can cause problems at any time. Several Sherpa guides carried one sick climber from the highest camp, at nearly 8,000 meters 26,240 feet , to camp two, at 6,400 meters 21,000 feet , where attempts are being made to pick her up with a helicopter, said Pemba Sherpa of the Seven Summit Treks agency in Kathmandu. Seema Goshwami of India had frostbite to her hands and feet at the South Col camp and was unable to move. It took a big and risky effort but we were able to save her, Sherpa said, adding that an Iranian climber identified only as S. Hadi had been brought to Kathmandu and was recovering in a hospital. A Norwegian woman, 45-year-old Siv Harstad, suffered snow blindness and was helped down from the summit Saturday, the Norwegian news agenc Kdpw US teen kills parents, then parties
South Korea said on Tuesday it expects to be able to verify North Koreas second nuclear test within days by analysing air samples for radioactive material. HT Image Air-sampling equipment was operational at 70 different places across the country as well as on a vessel and an aircraft off the peninsula, officials said. It depends on the wind speed from North Korea but we are expecting to secure the air samples w
stanley cup e need within a few days -- as early as Wednesday, Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety spokesman Kim Sang-Hyun told AFP. President Lee Myung-Bak told a cabinet meeting on Tuesday it would take two or three days for Seoul to officially confirm Mondays test. South Korea had to wait more tha
stanley cup n a fortnight before it could confirm the Norths first nuclear test in October 2006. The institute, based in the central city of Daejeon, has operated a 20-strong task force to analyse air-sampling data round the clock since Monday. After the first test, it announced plans
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