Olympic torch scales Everest

The Olympic flame reached the top of the world Thursday morning, carried to the summit of Mount Everest by climbers wearing oxygen masks to breathe in the thin air of the earth's highest point. A ...
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First American to climb Mount Everest dies at 97

Jim Whittaker, the first American to climb Mount Everest, has died at age 97. The Seattle native made history by summitting the mountain in 1963. According to CNN, Whittaker passed away at his ...