KATHMANDU - Four former British special forces soldiers have set a startling new precedent on Mount Everest, reaching the summit in under five days without the traditional acclimatisation process.

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Saad Munawar on Saturday made history by becoming the first Pakistani to scale world's tallest mountain, Mount Everest via its northern face. Munawar's official Facebook account confirmed the ...

A team of former British special forces soldiers, including a UK veterans minister, achieved a record-breaking Mount Everest ascent in under five days. They utilized high-tech training and ...

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“We can see people dying on Everest every year and this is may be one step to improve the situation to make climbing high altitude mountains safer.” The climbers had put in months of ...

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