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Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui (c. 1984 – 23 May 2024) was a Kenyan mountaineer and banker. [1] He was the second Kenyan to attempt summiting Mount Everest [2] after James Kagambi who became the first Kenyan to reach Everest's peak at the age of 62 in 2022. [3]
Joshi climbed Stok Kangri (20,187 ft) in 2016. [9] In October 2019, Joshi embarked on an expedition to Himlung Himal (23,379 ft), in the Nar-Phu region of Nepal. [10]On 23 May 2021, Joshi reached the summit of Mount Everest in a carbon neutral effort by installing solar panels to offset his climb.
Joshua Nelken-Zitser. January 7, 2025 at 7:11 AM ... Jessie Brinkman Evans/Getty Images. ... Strong earthquake kills at least 95 people in western China near Mount Everest. Weather.
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The closest sea to Mount Everest's summit is the Bay of Bengal, almost 700 km (430 mi) away. To approximate a climb of the entire height of Mount Everest, one would need to start from this coastline, a feat accomplished by Tim Macartney-Snape's team in 1990. Climbers usually begin their ascent from base camps above 5,000 m (16,404 ft).
North face of Mount Everest. Over 340 people have died attempting to reach—or return from—the summit of Mount Everest which, at 8,848.86 m (29,031 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in), is Earth's highest mountain and a particularly desirable peak for mountaineers. This makes it the mountain with the most deaths, although it does not have the highest death rate.
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Sandy Hill (born 1955) US, ascended Everest during the 1996 Mount Everest disaster; completed the Seven Summits; Edmund Hillary (1919–2008) New Zealand, first ascent of Everest with Norgay on the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition; Alan Hinkes OBE (born 1954) UK, first Briton to climb all 14 eight-thousanders but his claim was disputed ...