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  • VANESSA GRAELL

    @VaneGraell

    Barcelona

Updated Tuesday, June 16, 2020 - 02:03

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  • Mountaineering. Everest at the limit: the biggest traffic jam in its history causes two deaths
  • Mountaineering. The deadly shadow that hangs from Everest

For Tibetans and Sherpas, Everest is a woman: the goddess of the valley (Qomolanda) or mother goddess of the world (Chomolungma). On May 29, 1953, mountaineers Edmund HIllary and Tenzing Torgay reached the goddess, crowned the peak, and returned to count it. In the spring of 2019, during the famous photo of the collapsed summit taken by mountaineer Nirmal Purja, more than 200 people reached the summit. During several days. And the highest peak on the planet, 8,848 meters, became massive. In that season 11 people died on the mountain. The fascination with Everest has sparked a fever of commercial expeditions, especially since

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