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By Lilit Marcus May 23, 2016 Mount Everest Summit Reached by Foreign Climbers for First Time in Two Years
A team of two British and one Mexican alpinists reached the top of the world's tallest mountain, it was announced Thursday.
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Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Feb. 2026
And Kelly Cordes, a climber, alpinist, and author, had a photo of his mullet during an ice climbing competition end up in the New York Times in 2012.
—Jesse Klein, Outside, 27 Dec. 2025
Allow ski alpinist Christina Lustenberger to explain.
—Outside Online, 10 Dec. 2025
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Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Feb. 2026
And Kelly Cordes, a climber, alpinist, and author, had a photo of his mullet during an ice climbing competition end up in the New York Times in 2012.
—Jesse Klein, Outside, 27 Dec. 2025
Allow ski alpinist Christina Lustenberger to explain.
—Outside Online, 10 Dec. 2025
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Noun
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In 1963, Jim Whittaker, joined by Sherpa mountaineer Nawang Gombu, became the first American to summit Mount Everest.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Just a few years later, in the fall of 2019, mountaineer Garrett Madison abandoned an Everest expedition due to another serac causing unsafe conditions in the Khumbu Icefall.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
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Throughout the Comédie humaine, Balzac contrasts Rastignac’s relatively principled personality to that of another climber, Lucien de Rubempré, who accepts Vautrin’s help only to suffer the consequences.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Apr. 2026
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According to California Highway Patrol’s Inland Division Air Operations, the climber was hiking with his brother near Kings Canyon National Park's Mount Baxter when disaster struck.—
Amber Harding OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Alpinist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alpinist. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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