British soldiers make Everest history with new climbing technique
A team of four British former special forces soldiers, including a UK government minister, has set a new record for the fastest ascent of Mount Everest without on-mountain acclimatization, summiting the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) peak in under five days. The high-speed expedition, completed early Wednesday, relied on xenon gas to pre-acclimatize to low-oxygen conditions, a method […]