For the first time in 42 years, nobody made it to the top of Mount Everest last year

For the first time since 1974, nobody reached the top of the world's tallest mountain last year — a period during which tragedy, government actions and plain old bad luck made Mount Everest virtually unconquerable. The news was confirmed for The Washington Post by climbers, longtime Everest observers and the Himalayan Database, which compiles records for […]











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