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More story first. for those of you who have wanted to climb mount everest, good news, you do not have to be super fit to trek to base camp and age does not have to be a barrier either. people in their 70s have made the hike but nevertheless it is not something to be undertaken lightly. we can talk to somebody who has just done it. we have kenton cool, a mountaineer in nepal, and jane slade, a journalist and trekking enthusiast in london. jane, first of all, as 60th birthdays go, why did you deci...

Underneath you. the most challenging aspect about the trip was the sense of safety on k2 was very minimal. anything that happens to you above base camp you are on your own. there are choppers that can come but they may come in five or six days. we are moving up to our summer rotation. tonight and they are singing because it is good weather. we are pleading for the state for two weeks. i was sitting in my tent at camp four and we were supposed be resting and i just cannot sleep, i was so excited ...

A thousand metres above you. and sometimes theyre boulders, notjust rocks. cos then you hear them, they come flying in and they sound like helicopters... she imitates helicopter ..that�*s coming closer and closer. and it felt like a playstation game, honestly. the trail itself changes a lot. youre going from snow to ice to rock. the rock can break. and theres rolling rocks. you dont want to roll any rocks on people underneath you. and the rope may snap. the most challenging aspect about the tr...

Was the sense aspect about the trip was the sense of safety on k2 was very minimal. anything that happens to you above base camp you are on your own. there are choppers that can come but they may come in five or six days. we are moving up to our summer rotation. tonight and they are singing because it is good weather. we are pleading for the state for two weeks. i was sitting in my tent at camp four and we were supposed be resting and i just cannot sleep, i was so excited and nervous. and prepar...

The Base Camp in Billings recently went up for sale as longtime owner Scott Brown retires after 48 years running the establishment.

The Base Camp in Billings recently went up for sale as longtime owner Scott Brown retires after 48 years running the establishment.

The Base Camp in Billings recently went up for sale as longtime owner Scott Brown retires after 48 years running the establishment.

Illuminate Adelaide will return this winter with a new night-time digital art trail through the Botanic Garden, a pavilion full of mind-bending interactive experiences in Victoria Square, free city-wide works by artists including celebrity chef Poh Ling Yeow, and a music line-up featuring Yothu Yindi.

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A veteran climber is dead, another is missing, and multiple others are lucky to be alive after a tragic few days in the Himalayas