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The cult of self-improvement: How a documentary aimed at young people could be harmful

The documentary Kaizen, by French YouTuber Inoxtag, which chronicles the year he spent preparing to climb Mount Everest, got many mostly positive reactions. However, there is also good reason to wonder whether there is something harmful in the way he promotes the value of self-improvement — which he applies to…

The Conversation

My petty gripe: don’t ask what my plans are, my New Year’s Eve is none of your business

Maybe I’m climbing Mount Everest with Greta Thunberg or holding a vigil for a pet slug – but I am never answering this question honestly

The Guardian - AU

Peak climbing in Nepal:

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The video games you may have missed in 2024

A returning classic, a Love Island send-up and an answer to the age-old question: can you fry eggs atop Mount Everest? The year’s best games that might have passed you by

The Guardian - UK

Adam Peaty: LA Games would be incredible but is it worth ‘Mount Everest’ effort?

Peaty could compete at a fourth Olympics in 2028.

The Independent UK

Is Kawasaki Finally Building a True Off-road Adventure Motorcycle?

There's a glaring hole in Kawasaki's lineup: an adventure motorcycle.Yes, I understand that the KLR exists, but I'll offer up this question in return. Is the KLR an adventure motorcycle? Again, yes, but not in the same way as Yamaha's Tenere 700 or Honda's Transalp or any of the other…

RideApart

Scottish family on top of the world after trekking to Mount Everest base camp

AN adventurous Scottish family are celebrating reaching base camp on Mount Everest.

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Will Mount Everest always be the world's tallest mountain?

The Himalayas' massive heights result from a unique combination of geologic factors.

LiveScience

Body of Legendary Mount Everest Climber Reportedly Found by Film Crew, Could Solve Century-Old Mystery

A National Geographic film crew found remains on Mount Everest that may belong to Andrew Irvine, a climber who vanished in 1924.

Latin Times

Partial remains of British climber believed found 100 years after Everest ascent

The partial remains of a British mountaineer who might — or might not — have been one of the first two people to climb Mount Everest are believed to have been found a century after their ascent of the world’s highest peak

The Independent UK

Remains Of British Mountaineer Possibly Found On Mount Everest

National Geographic expedition finds partial remains believed to be of British mountaineer Andrew Irvine near Everest's peak, potentially shedding light on...

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More clues in 100-year-old Mount Everest mystery as climber’s foot found

Foot, boot and sock believed to belong to Sandy Irvine, who disappeared in George Mallory’s 1924 expedition, discovered on glacier

The Guardian - UK

British explorer Andrew ‘Sandy’ Irvine’s partial remains believed to be found on Mount Everest after 100 years

Mystery of disappearance of climber Andrew ‘Sandy’ Irvine appears to have been solved 100 years on

Evening Standard

Mount Everest is getting even taller, new research reveals

Experts have revealed that the world's tallest mountain is getting bigger with every year

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Why Mount Everest is growing taller... Tech & Science Daily podcast

Tech & Science Daily speaks to co-author of the study, Adam Smith, from University College London.

The Conversation

Why is Mount Everest so big? New research highlights a rogue river – but deeper forces are at work

Mount Everest (also known as Chomolungma or Sagarmāthā) is famously the highest mountain in the Himalayas and indeed on Earth. But why?

The Independent UK

Mount Everest is getting taller every year – and now scientists think they know why

Study points to a river some 75km away from the peak as the surprise culprit for Everest’s changing height

The Guardian - UK

Mount Everest is having a growth spurt, say researchers

River erosion has pushed the mountain upwards and added an extra 15 to 50 metres over the past 89,000 years

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Mount Everest is taller than it should be — and a weird river may be to blame

Mount Everest may be "taller than it should be" because of a river "capture" event 89,000 years ago.

The Independent UK

River is pushing up Mount Everest’s peak, study suggests

Over the past 89,000 years, this has increased Everest’s height by between 15 and 50 metres, researchers say.

International Business Times

French YouTuber Hits Peak With Everest Documentary

The pitch is a classic: a young celebrity with no climbing experience and minimal training somehow scales Mount Everest, succeeding against some (if not all) odds.

Radio France Internationale

Nepal to deploy heavy-duty drones to clean up Himalayan mountain tops

Nepal is set to launch drones to clean up its mountains – including the iconic Mount Everest – littered with trash left behind by climbers jostling to reach the world’s tallest peak.

Evening Standard

What is Mount Everest's 'death zone'? Bodies retrieved from mountains amid risky operation

Authorities set a goal to recover five bodies from the ‘death zone’ in 2024, which is situated at an altitude of 8,000 metres

The Independent UK

Drone footage reveals terrifying scale of Mount Everest

‘I don’t know how or why [people] do it,’ wrote one viewer

The Independent UK

Mount Everest's highest camp is littered with frozen garbage, and cleanup is likely to take years

In the seven decades since Mount Everest was first conquered, thousands of climbers have scaled the peak, and many have left behind more than just their footprints

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