Teams of climbers are prepared to summit Mount Everest for the first time in three years, after fatal avalanches ended attempts in 2014 and 2015. As the tallest mountain on Earth at 29,035 feet, Everest is subject to notoriously unpredictable weather and the teams are currently waiting at camps for a "window" of favorable conditions during which they can make their way up the final ridge. "Climbers will then start making summit attempts from Thursday," the chief of the Nepal Mountaineering Assoc...
Teams of climbers are prepared to summit Mount Everest for the first time in three years, after fatal avalanches ended attempts in 2014 and 2015. As the tallest mountain on Earth at 29,035 feet, Everest is subject to notoriously unpredictable weather and the teams are currently waiting at camps for a "window" of favorable conditions during which they can make their way up the final ridge. "Climbers will then start making summit attempts from Thursday," the chief of the Nepal Mountaineering Assoc...
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