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New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese climber Tenzing Norgay were the men who ultimately planted the Union jack on the 29,000-ft peak. Above: The pair on Everest the day before.

Missile debris. people running for cover, school children screaming. russia launching around 150 missiles and drones in just two days. this as ukraine prepares for a major offensive. were back from the front lines, this is base camp for this tank platoon. they were involved in battles around the city the last couple weeks with the ukrainian counter offensive soon, these guys are ready to move again. >> this tank team running assault operations probing the russian lines. a rare admission from ukr...

Glaciers be around? well, one study from last year found that since the 1990s ice that took 2,000 years to form has melted away. jamyang wangchuk is an environmental advocate and an actor who played the young dalai lama opposite brad pitt in the film seven years in tibet. jamyang cycled several hundreds of kilometres across the himalayas to raise awareness of the impact of global warming on the mountains. he began by describing hisjourney to me. we trekked to the base camp. for the camping we ha...

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Yes. that awareness grows as you go through the expedition. the first foray through the first section, this incredible glazier that you need to cross to travel from base camp to camborne, it is russian roulette. it is going through a drinker set with blogs made of ice the size of buildings, and the singer is moving. then you need to go through that several times in order to acclimatise. that makes you “p order to acclimatise. that makes you up to bid. for me, i think when it really sank, i was...

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To kevin and gerfa, that we think are important for heiko taken sitter. and while were doing that, were going to write notes down and pass them to heiko, who would read it and then hopefully introduce it to the conversation. >> where is my wife? can i talk to her? is she okay? where is my son? >> yeah, no. your son is -- >> can i talk to them? i want to know if theyre okay. >> mr. so didnt say. meanwhile, fbi agents in the philippines were working sources on the ground. word was that gerfa and k...

Illness prevented Coronado Mayor Richard Bailey from reaching the summit, but he conducted a City Council meeting during his climb.