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After the crowded 2019 season, officials embarked on a massive cleaning expedition, bringing over 10,000 kilos of garbage down from the mountain. but theres still more to be done.

Of different teams but banded together to reach the summit. a huge success for nepal, whose mountaineers have often worked out of the spotlight supporting western climbers. secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad. many congratulations to all of them. when is a $20 bill worth $57,000? all it takes is a banana sticker, apparently. this is the del monte note from the us treasury�*s 1996 design series. its unique because the sticker found its way onto the bill between stages of the printing process....

Including myself. there are 14 mountains in the world higher than 8,000 metres. k2 was the only one yet to be scaled in winter, because its so challenging. dozens have lost their lives on the mountain. k2 is super steep, you know. either you have to go through, you know, blue ice or rock, so its very technical. on top of that, if you add, you know, the temperature, up to —65 degrees, you know, even —70. what kept everyone going was, everybody wanted this to their bone. the men began as membe...

Bye— bye. hello there. across the high ground of england and wales, notjust overnight tonight, but theyre out wednesday and into thursday as well. for some, the met office amber warning covers these area where arguably the risk of flooding is at its highest. overnight it will be a wet night for all of england and wales, with the rain particularly have herfor whales. cold and frosty for scotland, england and wales at about 9-10 c. scotland, england and wales at about 9—10 c. for tomorrow, the...

Expect them to have their conscience nag at them, and it just doesnt seem to be happening. lets get some of the days other news more than 70 protesters have been detained in russia as they demanded the release of the opposition leader, alexei navalny, who was arrested on his return to moscow on sunday. mr navalny, whod been recovering in germany from a nerve agent attack, had called for demonstrations. the mexican president, andres manuel lopez 0brador, has made an appeal to the incoming biden a...

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 mount everest. i have been on 13 mount everest expeditions. mount everest is where our goddess miyolangsangma resides. it is a sacred mountain. for me, it is a magical place. i have enormous reverence and ...

Tourists who came into the everest region. by 2019, we have thousands, more than 35,000 tourists, who came to the everest region. to put that in perspective, this is a region with about 7000 people, so it is five times the population that actually lives there. in 2019, nearly 900 people reached the mountains summit. but bad weather and a short winter to reach the peak made it one of the deadliest seasons on record, with at least 11 casualties. some of the slower climbers held up those behind the...

Step we climbed was an effort. so, you know, when we got to the summit, what we did was just ten metres before the summit, the whole team stopped together and, yeah, we sing the national anthem of nepal, and we made it to the summit together. some of the, obviously, team members were very emotional as well, including myself. there are ia mountains in the world higher than 8,000 metres. k2 was the only one yet to be scaled in winter, because its so challenging. dozens have lost their lives on the...

K2, along the pakistan—china border, is notoriously challenging with hurricane—strong winds and sub—zero temperatures. one of the leading members of the team is a former gurkha and british special forces soldier — and — hes been speaking to our correspondent, secunder kermani. conquering the so—called savage mountain in the depth of winter. for decades, it defied the worlds toughest climbers. now, this former gurkha and british special forces soldier... this is my team here in the te...

A member of the public to have had that training, known what to do. im first aid trained, but the most id done was put a plaster on. i mean, to step on that foyer, some of them people, it was carnage. the manchester arena inquiry will now examine the emergency response to the attack. the inquiry has heard its important to acknowledge the enormous pressure which those who responded that night came under. judith moritz, bbc news, manchester. now on bbc news — the travel show. this week on the tr...