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More money for oxygen, greater safety: Why the business of climbing Mt Everest is a slippery slope

There's been an alarming number of casualties on the mountain this season. As of May 27, the Himalayan Times reported 12 dead climbers and five others missing.
Indian mountaineer stuck on world's fifth highest peak in Nepal

The mountaineer from West Bengal refused to move from her position, determined to climb Mount Makalu without any supplementary oxygen.

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