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Climbers Launch Expedition to Clear Everest Trash

KATMANDU, Nepal -- A team of mountaineers led by a veteran Sherpa guide flew today to Mount Everest on an expedition to clear away tons of trash left on the world's highest peak. Since Everest was first conquered in 1953, thousands of people have climbed it, leaving behind the empty oxygen bottles, ropes, tents and other...

How to Amputate Your Own Arm Like Aron Ralston in '127 Hours'

(Aug. 26) -- In "127 Hours," the new film by Danny Boyle, James Franco plays Aron Ralston, the mountaineer who (SPOILER ALERT!) was forced to amputate his own arm after he got it trapped between a fallen boulder and a sandstone wall while solo-climbing a Utah canyon back in '03. Watch more YouTube videos on AOL...

Teen Adventurer Realizes Dream With Everest Climb

(May 24) -- Jordan Romero should have no trouble finding material when it comes time for college application essays, now that -- at age 13 --- he has become the youngest person ever to scale Mount Everest. "It was a feeling like no other, being on the top of the world," Romero told ABC's "Good Morning America" today from...

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06/02/12 Team of five at Bourne Textile Services set to tackle... Source: Rutland & Stamford Mercury A TEAM of five men from a business in Bourne are stepping out of their comfort zone and attempting to complete the Three Peaks Challenge to raise money for charity.
06/02/12 Pushing the limit Source: The Aspen Times - Aspen CO Hypoxia hit agonizing levels at 20,000 feet.
06/02/12 Amazing Visuals Surround Ultrarunner Kilian Jornet... Source: Hypebeast Three-time champion of the Skyrunner World Series and current front-runner in the 2012 Skyrunner World Series Ranking, Spanish high altitude endurance racer Kilian Jornet Burgada is perhaps the world's most sure-footed and fastest billy goat.
06/02/12 Reaching new heights Source: The Inter Mountain - Elkins WV After little sleep, almost eight miles of hiking and nearly 1,000 miles of driving, three family members reached the summit of Spruce Knob Mountain at 8:05 a.m.
06/01/12 MSU professor tells students about Everest trip Source: The Billings Gazette - Billings MT Even on Mount Everest, people see evidence of climate change.