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This picture shows a team photograph of the 1953 Mount Everest expedition which placed Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on the summit of the world's highest mountain, on the eve of International Everest Day, at Namche Bazar in Solukhumbu district, northeast of Kathmandu.--AFP photos

70 years after first summit, Everest keeps giving
SYDNEY: Nature Strip (left), ridden by jockey James McDonald, takes a lead to win the Everest 2021 horse race at the Royal Randwick race course in Sydney yesterday. - AFPn

Nature Strip wins turf's biggest prize 'The Everest'
Hong Kong mountaineer Tsang Yin-hung (center), who recorded the world's fastest ascent of Mount Everest (8,848.86-metre) by a woman in 25 hours and 50 minutes, gestures while posing for pictures along with mountaineers Pemba Dorje Sherpa (second left), Phurba Thiley Sherpa (left), Nima Lhamu Sherpa (second right) and Phurba Tenjing Sherpa (right) as they arrive at an airport in Kathmandu yesterday. — AFP photosn

Hong Kong mountaineer on a high after fastest Everest climb by a woman
Nepal's mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa (third right) performs a ritual after an interview with AFP at the Everest base camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district as Sherpa Friday reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 25th time, breaking his own record for most summits of the highest mountain in the world. – AFPn

COVID threatens Everest climbing comeback plans
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Everest 'grows' as China, Nepal agree new height
PITHORAGARH, India: In this handout photo released yesterday, rescued mountaineers (from left) Zachary Quai, Ian Wade, Kate Armstrone and Mark Thomas speak with Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel upon arriving at the ITBP camp after being rescued following an avalanche while climbing Nanda Devi. — AFP

5 bodies spotted in search for missing climbers in India
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