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In this gallery, we take a look at the equipment Hillary and Norgay used in 1953 and the high-tech gear O'Neill will use to climb the world's tallest peak in 2012. —Stephen Regenold
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Last spring en route to Mount Everest, Hilaree O’Neill, a ski-mountaineer from Colorado who was part of our 2012 Everest expedition, trekked the same valleys and worked up to Base Camp just as Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay did 60 years ago when the duo claimed the first ascent.
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Use a heat-exchanging, wired face mask for protection against Khumbu- cough. Use the mask already from Gorak Shep
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The 17-year-old says the climb had to be postponed due to many complications outside of her control.
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"There's a lot of other dangers and issues besides the mountain itself," she wrote."Unfortunately there were too many things outside my control and that's just mountaineering."It has tested my will and commitment to the mountain which is still intact and I will no doubt be back soon."It is the single deadliest disaster on the 8,850-metre Himalayan mountain.
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Imagine that you are an experienced, physically fit mountain climber. You've just reached 18,000 feet. All day you’ve felt dizzy and have feared passing out. You are continuously out of breath and have to rest between putting on your boot and tying your shoelace. You are in your tent and can't for the life of you think clearly enough to remember which sleeping bag was yours. Why are you feeling this way?
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Have you ever felt light-headed after blowing up a balloon? Imagine having that feeling all day long, while trying to climb a hundred flights of stairs, wearing 35 pounds of gear, breathing only through a straw. This may give you an idea of the tremendous challenge that high-altitude climbers face with every single step they take.
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