I mean like a mountaineering guide, someone who takes you through a treacherous pass with lots of ways to make a false step, and you come out in one piece.
" This is a milestone in mountaineering history which will finally end the debate over the height and now the world will have one number, " said Santa Bir Lama.
Santa Bir Lama表示:" 这是登山历史上的个里程碑,它将最终结束对珠峰高度的争论,现在全球都认可同个高度。"
A beekeeper and mountaineering enthusiast from New Zealand Sir Edmund Hillary and his Nepali guide Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest on this day 70 years ago.
Ten climbers from Nepal have completed one of the last remaining challenges in mountaineering reaching the summit of the world's second highest peak K2 in winter.
Everest has become largely detached from the rest of climbing and mountaineering. It has become a trophy experience, drawing too many otherwise without much interest in the sport.
The government and mountaineering community in Nepal plan to celebrate Everest day, the 70th anniversary of the first ascent of the world's highest peak with a parade around Kathmandu.
Yvon Chouinard changed his favourite sport, mountaineering, by introducing reusable pitons (the metal spikes you bang into the rock face and attach a rope to).