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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 population that actually lives there. ii population that actually lives there. i:" ., , :::: there. in 2019 nearly 900 --eole there. in 2019 nearly 900 people reach _ there. in 2019 nearly 900 people reach the - there. in 2019 nearly 900 i people reach the mountains summit. but bad weather and a short winter to reach the peak made it one of th...

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 respect for mount everest. i have seen how beautiful and magic it can be. but ive also seen the tragedy, the death they can result from being on mount everest. in the 1950s, there were only ...

Retirement from snowboarding. she represented team gb at the winter games in sochi and in pyeongchang. she also competed in the x games and became the first woman to land a double backflip in competition there. and i caught up with her earlier. it definitely was not easy. i played with the decision of going down a different avenue at snowboarding to mix it up but with a few broadcast opportunities and documentary i did in north korea, ifound a nearby send me a passion and something else that exc...

As a kid at the age of 12 thinking thats the absolute dream today and be there and to land the worlds first was definitely one of them. i think also that top qualifying line i had in 2014 and calling my mum two weeks before the olympics in an eventin weeks before the olympics in an event in canada where the top six having landed fixed and calling her and saying ive done it. he was like what have you done i was like ive done it and going. that moment was really special and finishing for —— th...

Correspondent. lets quickly round up some of the days other sports stories and... england womens manager phil neville is set to become the new manager of inter miami. neville was set to take charge of team gb‘s womens team at the tokyo olympics injuly, the final month of his contract. but its now expected he will leave before that to take up his new role in the states. the defending masters champion stuart bingham survived a comeback to book his place in the quarterfinals of the masters. he be...

Also made it through today. highlights of all these games are on the bbc sport website. tottenham hotspur are at non—league marine. that match follows the news on bbc one. brighton play at league two newport later. after a raft of covid positives and injuries across the womens super league, five matches were called off this weekend. the only game to go ahead was at reading, where champions chelsea ran out easy winners. england striker fran kirby scored four of their goals in the 5—0 win that...

Side of halftime. celtic are a distant second in the table but do have four games in hand. after a raft of covid—positives and injuries across the womens super league, only one game went ahead this weekend. that was at reading, where champions chelsea ran out 5—0 winners. england striker fran kirby scored four of their goals as they moved up to second in the table, behind manchester united. the third test in sydney was stopped for 10 minutes on day four after india alleged that a section of ...

So... players positive in our group so... everything is weird, it just took the focus in the game, the guys have to relax. they have two, to be calm and make the effort and i think hopefully in the premier league we can be the last six, seven, eight games. i am sure our people will be proud for the way we played today. in italy, milan remain a point ahead of city rivals inter at the top of serie a after wins for the top two on sunday. milan played most of the game with 10 men but it didnt stop t...

Pull up to 70 tons. these vehicles have transformed the science we can do in antarctica, increasing the scale, the number of people, the number of scientists we can bring to bear on these problems. six people can deliver all the cargo for maybe 30 scientists, and then we can deliver the fuel that can operate five or six airplanes. wejust truck along, day from day, nobody really knows where we are and then we just suddenly turn up. delivering bounty — bladders of fuel instead of sacks of presen...

Rooneys drafted me. chris: they thought you were irish. >> they thought i was irish. >> for me, i want to push my own limits for the human potential. my larger purpose is to inspire others. chris: collin is talking about his athletic abilities. his records are astonishing. becoming the first person to walk across antartica solo and rowing across the worlds most treacherous waters. do you ever think in the middle of one of these challenges, ex depictions, what the hell am i doing? >> all the time...