Everest turning into world's highest cesspool
                   
indiaenews.com     May 2, 2008          

A deadly peril lurks on Mt Everest, the highest summit in the world, which is far more dangerous than the freezing cold, gale winds and recently posted security forces who are empowered to shoot at the sight of political activities. The new hazard comes from human waste scattered along the... [read full story]                

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Trekking - A Word with Two K's Must be Foreign - Sapa and Hanoi, Vietnam

travelpod.com     Jul 25, 2008          

Jump to the full entry & travel map Sapa and Hanoi, VietnamPeople, Ellen among them, sit in the lobby each morning with giddy smiles on their faces waiting for guides to appear with their routes. I'd be much more content...                

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Hiking Kilimanjaro for Alzheimer's

suite101.com     Jul 23, 2008          

Alzheimer's 10th Anniversary Climb in Tanzania For Fundraising West Coast team will climb Mt. Kilimanjaro to raise funds for the Alzheimer's Society in September 2008, building on nine previous climbs of the famed Tanzanian...                

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Chara: "That was a pretty nice hike."

nhl.com     Jul 17, 2008   1 related          

Chara: "That was a pretty nice hike." It was time to cross the “saddle”, the seven-mile plateau-like ridge between Mawenzi and our ultimate destination, Kibo, the volcano that sat within the snow-capped summit of Kilimanjaro....                

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Rescued Italian climbers recall ordeal

msn.com     yesterday   89 related          

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Karl Unterkircher, one of the world's top mountaineers, died when a bridge of snow masking a crevasse on Pakistan's "Killer Mountain" gave way under his tentative step, his surviving colleagues said...                

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