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Eight thousand is a perfectly arbitrary number. Yet, no other number looms larger for mountain climbers. Fourteen mountain peaks stand taller than 8,000 meters (26,247 feet). There could have been many more of these “eight-thousanders” if...

The Trek To Everest, Part III - Everest Base Camp, Nepal Everest Base Camp, Nepal Monday 7th October 2013 (Gorak Shep to Kala Pattar, Everest Base Camp and Lobuche) Pete was up early (4:30) in order to re-summit Kala Pattar! Max the Italian had spoken...

All eyes on Hellas! It seems that all the problems and solutions of the 21st century devolve today upon the people of Greece. Have the people who invented democracy been reduced to a choice between poverty and austerity? Or can the current crisis be...

Rubble is cleared in Kathmandu's Durbar Square on Saturday. A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed hundreds of people as it ripped through large parts of Nepal. (Prakash Mathema, AFP)<br/><br/>Rescuers dug with their bare hands and...

A huge earthquake has struck Nepal killing at least 565 people according to reports, leveling houses and centuries old temples. It also triggered an avalanche on Mt Everest which is believed to have injured 30 climbers. The quake with a preliminary...