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It is notjust a rich persons sport. they should start climbing peaks closer to home and work their way up, claiming bigger and bigger mountains with harder terrain, and eventually find their way to the top of the world. the sherpas in the everest region are ready for tourists to come. i really hope that the people who want to go and climb mount everest really understand the significance of this mountain, the sacredness of this mountain. and finally this week, im in turkey, which has mostly remai...

On edge, holding its breath for the days ahead. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. indonesias mount semeru has erupted, pouring ash and smoke an estimated 3.a miles into the sky above java. the volcano is one of the countrys most popular hiking destinations but so far no—one has been asked to evacuate and no casualties have been reported. villagers living on the mountains slopes have been warned of possible "cold lava" mudflow, which can be triggered by intense rainfall. ten climbers from nep...

Skill level was high enough, we could climb around people who were stuck. so we stayed on schedule, and got to the top, and came back down. i think something was lost there. it became all about whos going to get there, how fast, and what am i going to get out of that experience? and i suspect that it is only going to get worse in the future, unless there is an intervention. although the nepalese government collected £8,000 fee from foreign mountaineers, until now, there has been little regulati...

This is bbc news, the headlines: authorities in all 50 us states are bracing for more protests, asjoe biden�*s inauguration moves closer. 25,000 members of the national guard will patrol the streets around the capitol building in washington, with much of the city in lockdown. it follows the violence by supporters of president trump, earlier this month. india�*s huge vaccine rollout is under way. the aim is to vaccinate around 300 million people by the end ofjuly. two vaccines are being used,...

Very difficult, steep rock sections that you simplyjust don�*t have on the normal routes on everest. everest is all about altitude. k2 is all about technical climbing at altitude. we�*ve been reporting vivid snow scenes across europe these past few days. but on the other side of the planet, snow has also arrived, to the delight of four giant pandas in northeast china�*s shenyang city. they�*ve been having fun in the snow—blanketed zoo, playing with balls, rolling over in the snow or cl...

Is "documents, please. " the worlds tallest mountain. i really hope that the people who want to go and climb mount everest really understand the significance of this mountain, the sacredness of this mountain. i thought id seen everything! and a detox that is not for the squeamish. wow, the visual of it is the most shocking part. hello and welcome to the show. after a dramatic year, i am here in turkey to start my 2021

Of restrictions, particularly to go with passport validity. are there any reason to be cheerful about 2021, simon? so many reasons to be cheerful. in northern ireland, the game of thrones studio tour is opening up. and perhaps the biggest cultural event of the 20205, the opening of the new egyptian museum outside of cairo, that will be momentous. i cant wait to be there. neither can i. lets hope it will happen soon. thank you, simon. stick around, because we have some great stuff coming up

The worlds tallest mountain. ever since i was a kid, i dreamt of climbing mount everest. look at that! and the honey with a sting in its tail. ive got my mad honey. delicious! next this week, a visit to the worlds tallest mountain. mount everest was closed for much of 2020 because of the pandemic. but could the lockdown have been a blessing disguise for this ultimate adventure destination? the sherpas are an ethnic group from north—eastern nepal. ever since i was a kid, i dreamt of climbing mo...

Trips to everest and not requiring a certain level of mountaineering experience and skill tojoin. and with more mountaineers, another problem has emerged. some have started calling mount everest the worlds highest garbage dump. after the crowded 2019 season, officials embarked on a massive cleaning expedition,

On top of k2. and give us a bit of a flavour of what it�*s like up there. you talked about the really difficult conditions, but you have been up there? you know, with everest, some people arrogantly say that if you want to brag at the bar then you summit everest but if you want respect you summit k2. i�*m not totally sure about that because i have done both of them and i respect anybody who attempts either one of them, much less summits it. but what i found was, i summitted everest when i wa...