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British adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes has reached the summit of Everest on his third attempt at conquering the world's highest mountain, a spokeswoman said Thursday. The 65-year-old arrived at the top of the 8,848-metre (29,028-foot) Himalayan peak just before midnight GMT on Wednesday, said a spokeswoman for Marie Curie Cancer Care, for whom Fiennes is raising money. "Sir Ranulph Fiennes reached the summit of Everest shortly before 1:00 am (BST) on Thursday 21 May 2009, completing what he set out to do a year ago -- to raise the Marie Curie flag at the peak of the world's highest mountain," said a statement issued ... Read Full Story

A Nepalese "Super Sherpa" conquered Mount Everest for a breathtaking 19th time on Thursday, breaking his own previous world record, officials said. Apa Sherpa, 49, reached the summit of the world's highest peak early in the morning, Jitendra Giri, of the Nepalese mountaineering department, told AFP. "He reached on top of Everest this morning and spent around half an hour on the summit," Giri said, adding that he was in good health and already heading back to base camp. Apa unfurled a banner that read "Stop Climate Change, Let the Himalayas Live!," after reaching the summit. Apa, who bagged his first Everest summit in ... Read Full Story

Morning Folks....just received these pics from my lovely friend Ann of her hubby Stewart's bagging of his first Munro.....a momentous occasion indeed and just had to share..... entitled.... "A Summer's Day in Bonnie Scotland"   THE ROUTE AND THE DROP THEY COULDN'T SEE   THE ONLY WAY IS UP  LUNCH BREAKNO RESTAURANTS UP HERE  OH DEAR...DO YOU THINKIT'S GONNA RAIN  THEY MADE IT.........TO THE SUMMITSTEWART ON THE RIGHTWITH SISTER JACKIE AND BROTHER TIMAND WELL DONE EVERYBODY.....THEY RAISED OVER £2700.....I SALUTE YOU ALL.It just goes to show how quickly the weather can change in the Scottish Mountains and hey even where I live too.....after my soaking yesterday ... Read Full Story

Now here’s an interesting story, from the pages of The Register. You may well remember that one of my favourite phones of the last two years wasn’t a smartphone. It wasn’t even a particularly clever feature phone, since it had no camera, and virtually no other features, at all. But it was as hard as [...] Read Full Story

This time last week I was sitting at Everest Base Camp watching the sun go down -- from nearly the highest point in the world. I was at the Tibetan Base Camp, a far cry from the Nepali base camp on the other side of the mountain, where Sir Ranuloh Fiennes was scaling the world's highest peak. Tibet Base Camp was barren save for three sets of tents, not a soul around except for a sprinkling of Chinese military guards. It couldn't be more different to the Nepal Base Camp where there are dozens of wannbe summiteers, queuing for their ascent. Now our local ... Read Full Story