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THE world’s highest mountain, Mount Everest, continues to lure die-hard adventure seekers to challenge Mother Nature and various hindrances to scale its peak at 8,848 metres.

The death of four climbers so far this year is unlikely to deter the flood of 'tourists' hoping to conquer the world's highest peak. What is the attraction?

After years of planning, Don Wargowsky was ready to leave on the trip of a lifetime, save for one detail.

Adelaide adventurer Duncan Chessell will launch a dedicated Australian expedition to solve the mystery of who really was the first to climb Mount Everest.

Adelaide adventurer Duncan Chessell will launch a dedicated Australian expedition to solve the mystery of who really was the first to climb Mount Everest.

Adelaide adventurer Duncan Chessell will launch a dedicated Australian expedition to solve the mystery of who really was the first to climb Mount Everest.

Adelaide adventurer Duncan Chessell will launch a dedicated Australian expedition to solve the mystery of who really was the first to climb Mount Everest.

This report is written in an attempt to explain the tragic loss of Peter Kinloch. We only spent 6 weeks with Peter, however, during that time we were a team climbing and resting together for many days, so were able to get to know one another well.

Four people were at risk as they tried to rescue a man who had managed to descend just 328ft in 12 hours. If they continued, there was a real risk all five would be dead by sunrise.

British climber Peter Kinloch was on the roof of the world, in bright sunlight, taking photographs of the Himalayas below, "elated, cheery and bubbly".But Mt Everest is now his grave, for only minutes later, he suddenly went blind...

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the British climber Peter Kinloch was on the roof of the world, in bright sunlight, taking photographs of the Himalayas below, "elated, cheery and bubbly".

A climber who successfully scaled Everest died on the mountain just hours later after losing his sight.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the British climber Peter Kinloch was on the roof of the world, in bright sunlight, taking photographs of the Himalayas below, "elated, cheery and bubbly".

A SCOTS mountaineer has died just hours after achieving his lifelong ambition of reaching the summit of Mount Everest.

A SCOTS mountaineer has died just hours after achieving his lifelong ambition of reaching the summit of Mount Everest.

Posted: Jun 01, 2010 11:35 am EST Outware's Makalu expedition folded with a bitter-sweet end: several members summited on May 23rd but Zaharias Kiriakakis was lost. Bad conditions forced the Germans down on Shisha.

Fellow climbers attempted to help Peter Kinloch down but after several hours they had only descended around 250 metres from the 29,029ft summit.

Arjun Bajpayee speaking to the students of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kathmandu. KATHMANDU: The youngest Indian to climb the world's highest peak says it was his dream to become a world-class mountaineer that drove him to Mount Everest.

This report is written in an attempt to explain the tragic loss of Peter Kinloch. We only spent 6 weeks with Peter, however, during that time we were a team climbing and resting together for many days, so were able to get to know one another well.