Britain’s record holding climber says Everest is ‘dry, more rocky’
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Britain’s record holding climber says Everest is ‘dry, more rocky’

KATHMANDU, May 20 (Reuters) – Mount Everest is losing snow and turning “dry and rocky”, British climber Kenton Cool, who made his 17th ascent of the world’s highest peak this week, the most by a foreigner, said on Saturday.The 49-year-old Cool, who climbed the 8,849-metre (29,032 foot) peak for the first time in 2004, said… […]

Six members of Boston skating club are among those killed in plane crash
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Six members of Boston skating club are among those killed in plane crash

NORWOOD, Mass. (AP) — Two teenage figure skaters, their mothers, and two former world champions who were coaching at a historic Boston club were among the 14 members of the skating community killed when an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River. […]