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2. 1970 Mount Everest disaster - Wikipedia

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   The 1970 Mt. Everest disaster is the term for the avalanche death of six Nepalese Sherpa porters on 5 April 1970, who were killed on the Khumbu Icefall of Mount Everest while assisting the Japanese Everest Skiing Expedition 1970 climbing expedition. [1]

3. The Man Who Skied Down Everest - Wikipedia

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   Six Sherpa porters were killed in a single accident by a collapse of a section of the Khumbu Glacier along the main route to the base of the mountain, as well as a Japanese member who died of a heart attack. Crawley Films won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for this picture. [2]

4. List of people who died climbing Mount Everest - Wikipedia

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   During the 1921 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition, two people died en route to the mountain: an unidentified porter and heart attack victim A. M. Kellas. [8] [9] The first recorded deaths on the mountain itself were seven porters who perished in an avalanche in the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition.

5. 2014 Mount Everest ice avalanche - Wikipedia

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   The company also said it would make a donation to the American Himalayan Foundation Sherpa Family Fund, a charity supporting the families of those who died in the disaster. [20] Following the accident, the NMA president Ang Tsering Sherpa proposed installing avalanche-prevention barriers similar to those found above European ski resorts. [11]

6. Record-setting teen climber says Sherpas should be ... - AOL

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   The Sherpa community were mostly yak herders and traders living deep within the Himalayas until Nepal opened its borders in the 1950s. Record-setting teen climber says Sherpas should be leading climbs

7. Partner Left Stranded After 21-Year-Old Climber Plunges to ...

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   A 21-year-old rock climber fell to his death last weekend in Wyoming’s Devils Tower National Monument, while his partner was later rescued, authorities announced.