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  • 4/18/2025
On this day 66 years ago, Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary became the first two people to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Had they tried it this year, they were likely to get caught in a traffic jam of climbers.
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00:35It has become a death race there.
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00:46Need to be very focused.
00:48And I should say one thing,
00:50people are taking a risk easily or getting lightly,
00:53but it's not an easy mountain,
00:55so they end up killing themselves.
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01:09There was massive traffic jam,
01:11and people are pushing themselves.
01:13We're not even capable of doing it.
01:15They do it.
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02:17The government of Nepal,
02:19they should limit the number of climbers
02:21for one year or season,
02:23and they should check probably
02:25how is the climber actually.
02:27Is he a certified climber?
02:29Has he climbed some mountains before?
02:31Is he an experienced guy? Is he healthy?
02:33They should check all the things
02:35which a big expedition needs.

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