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Scientists Just Installed the World’s Highest Weather Station in Mount Everest’s ‘Death Zone’

Scientists announced on Thursday that they successfully installed five automated stations, including the highest weather station in world, on Mount Everest’s flank. At 27,658 feet (8,430 meters) above sea level, the station is set to record some of the harshest weather anywhere on Earth. And with a satellite connection, anyone can monitor the weather in…

Earth Science Brian Kahn

Who on Earth Could Be Deadpool 2‘s Secret New Cameo?

Get a look at Shazam!’s electrifying new logo. Peyton Reed discusses Wasp’s important role in Ant-Man and The Wasp. Preacher adds a few more intriguing new characters. Plus, footage from the season finale of The X-Files, Ryan Murphy confirms a few more familiar faces for American Horror Story, and more. To me, my Spoilers! Deadpool…

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A tense action scene from the movie Everest with no SFX added is hilariously great

In a hilarious mix up, the movie studio behind Everest sent the BBC this clip of the movie that had no sound effects added. Which is really, really great for us because it is oh so goofy to see an impossibly tense scene of the movie with all the VFX added and everything looking right…

Sploid Casey Chan

Everest Reopens, African Anti-Venom Almost Gone, Dating For Outdoors: What’s New Outside

Just six months after the tragic earthquake, a climber is attempting its summit. Africa’s most important snakebite treatment is about to run out. And, there’s now a dating app for dirtbags. This is what’s new outside. First Everest Attempt Post-Quake: Never underestimate the economic juggernaut that is spoiled first worlders paying locals to carry their…

Tech News Wes Siler

The First Man To Ride A Bicycle Up Everest, From His Den

On Sunday, Frank Garcia reached the summit of Mt. Everest after pedaling a total of 165 miles across 17 hours and 18 minutes, averaging a 7% grade and consuming over 18,000 calories of food to make it. “It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” he told us. Of course, riding a bicycle up Mt. Everest…

Tech News Wes Siler

Buying These Epic Photos Will Help Nepal

I spent two months — this past November and January — trekking and climbing in Nepal. I journeyed there for the mountains, but the tiny country’s vibrant culture and kind people are what stole my heart. https://gizmodo.com/anyone-can-do-this-8-day-trek-through-nepal-1682949559 https://gizmodo.com/achieving-himalayan-ecstasy-at-20-000-1664180012 I spent an entire evening hanging out with these two Sherpa kids – playing hide and seek…

Tech News Chris Brinlee Jr

Video shows the avalanche that hit Everest Base Camp after earthquake

Terrifying. German climber Jost Kobusch was at Everest Base Camp as the earthquake that devastated Nepal, hit Everest too. You can see the people realize the ground was shaking and then immediately get hit by a horrific avalanche right after. So sad. It’s so scary that the time to process the earthquake had hit and…

Sploid Casey Chan

Everest’s Modified Route Still Poses Deadly Challenges For Climbers

In light of a deadly incident last year at Mount Everest, Nepalese guides have charted a modified route to reduce avalanche risk. Trouble is, it will expose climbers to some extremely challenging – and potentially deadly – terrain. On April 18, 2014, a block of ice weighing as much as 657 passenger buses fell nearly…

io9 George Dvorsky

The Clearest Aerial Shots Of The Himalayas, Ever

Equipped with the most-advanced gyro stabilized camera in the world, the team at Teton Gravity Research flew from Kathmandu to Mount Everest, capturing the first ultra HD footage ever shot above 20,000 feet. I’ve never seen these mountains look so beautiful. The video was shot using a GSS C520 camera system mounted to a helicopter,…

Tech News Wes Siler

Nepal Will Force Each Everest Climber To Collect 18 Pounds of Trash

Mount Everest might be the be-all, end-all of mountaineering, but it’s also a dumping ground for the climbers striving upon its face—which is littered, as National Geographic puts it, “with garbage leaking out of the glaciers and pyramids of human excrement befouling the high camps.” This week, Nepal announced a new rule aimed at cleaning…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

The First Watch to Climb Mount Everest

As a watch is handed down from generation to generation, the stories behind its life make it more and more valuable. And as far as past lives go, this Rolex, currently on display at the Beyer Watch and Clock Museum in Zürich, Switzerland, could top them all. It accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary on one of…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

How deadly are the world’s tallest mountains?

Sure, Everest has claimed the most lives – but its death/successful-ascent ratio is actually pretty low. Via The Economist: Everest’s smaller and less well-trodden Himalayan sisters tend to be much deadlier. For every three thrill-seekers that make it safely up and down Annapurna I, one dies trying, according to data from Eberhard Jurgalski of 8000ers.com,…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

How Big Is the Tallest Mountain That Could Ever Exist on Earth?

We’ve got some pretty tall mountains here on Earth. Granted, even the best of ’em don’t hold a candle to what’s waiting on Mars, but they’re still impressive. Just look at the views Google got with its Street Mountain View shots. https://gizmodo.com/what-a-giant-martian-mountain-would-look-like-on-earth-5990962 But how tall could a mountain on Earth actually be, under the most…

Tech News Eric Limer

Google Maps’ New Mountain Summit Street View Lets You Peek Off the Peaks You’ll Never Climb

Face it, you’re no mountaineer. Unless you are, in which case congrats. But for the rest of us, there’ll be no mountain-top revelations to make our souls take flight. Not in real life anyway. But Google Map’s new summit shots are the next best thing. Google’s Dan Fredinburg, program manager and mountaineer, lead Google Mountain…

Tech News Eric Limer

A Stunning Four Billion Pixel Photo Is the Safest Way To Explore Mount Everest

Not only has filmmaker David Breashears climbed Mount Everest on five different occasions, he’s visited the world’s tallest peak 15 times in his career as he works to document the effects of climate change on the mountain. And fortunately for those of us who will never have the chance to see Everest in real life,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Watch Made From Mount Everest Rock Is Still Cheaper Than Climbing It Yourself

You might scoff at spending almost seventeen grand on a relatively boring watch that’s crafted from a chunk of rock brought down from Everest’s summit. But when you consider an expedition up the world’s tallest mountain can cost as much as $83,000, this timepiece actually becomes a slightly more affordable way to visit the top…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

10 Fun Ways to Euthanize Yourself

Suppose you’ve been given a few weeks to live, but you’ve decided you don’t want to spend your last days in a hospital bed. What if you decide, “Today is a good day to die,” in a suitably stentorian Klingon voice? And you want a method of self-annihilation that’s both interesting and nearly pain-free? Don’t…

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There’s a Ridiculous Traffic Jam of People Trying to Climb Mount Everest

Even though four people died trying to climb Mount Everest last weekend and even if reaching the summit costs more than a Porsche, it’s not stopping people from attempting to scale the highest point on Earth. In fact, there’s so many people trying to climb Mount Everest that it’s causing a human traffic jam. https://gizmodo.com/how-much-does-it-cost-to-climb-mount-everest-more-than-5887413…

Tech News Casey Chan

One-Armed Afghan War Vet to Climb Everest with Badass Prosthetic Ice-Pick

Losing an arm in Afghanistan isn’t stopping Private Jaco Van Gass from climbing the highest mountain in the world. The 25-year-old South African soldier is testing a prosthetic ice axe of his own design, which he’ll use to climb Mt. Everest next month. Van Gass had the idea to attach a pick to a false…

Tech News Leslie Horn

How Much Does It Cost to Climb Mount Everest? More Than a Porsche

Alan Arnette has an excellent post on Outside detailing the costs of reaching Earth’s highest summit, Mount Everest. I’ve never thought about it before but it totally makes sense that there are a lot of things that go on to make that climb, right? And all those things cost a lot of money! Like $83,000…

Tech News Casey Chan

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Scientists Just Installed the World’s Highest Weather Station in Mount Everest’s ‘Death Zone’

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A tense action scene from the movie Everest with no SFX added is hilariously great

Everest Reopens, African Anti-Venom Almost Gone, Dating For Outdoors: What’s New Outside

The First Man To Ride A Bicycle Up Everest, From His Den

Buying These Epic Photos Will Help Nepal

Video shows the avalanche that hit Everest Base Camp after earthquake

Everest’s Modified Route Still Poses Deadly Challenges For Climbers

The Clearest Aerial Shots Of The Himalayas, Ever

Nepal Will Force Each Everest Climber To Collect 18 Pounds of Trash

The First Watch to Climb Mount Everest

How deadly are the world’s tallest mountains?

How Big Is the Tallest Mountain That Could Ever Exist on Earth?

Google Maps’ New Mountain Summit Street View Lets You Peek Off the Peaks You’ll Never Climb

A Stunning Four Billion Pixel Photo Is the Safest Way To Explore Mount Everest

Watch Made From Mount Everest Rock Is Still Cheaper Than Climbing It Yourself

10 Fun Ways to Euthanize Yourself

There’s a Ridiculous Traffic Jam of People Trying to Climb Mount Everest

One-Armed Afghan War Vet to Climb Everest with Badass Prosthetic Ice-Pick

How Much Does It Cost to Climb Mount Everest? More Than a Porsche

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