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A small crew out of the UK summited Everest in days with the help of xenon gas. Here's what xenon gas is, why it's used for climbing, and the risks of using it.
But the use of xenon gas, promising to make the mountain even more accessible, has led to heated debate. Once the pinnacle of human endurance, Everest is already increasingly crowded and commercial.
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What does anyone—other than perhaps the climbers themselves, if you think journeys trump destinations—lose when people huff xenon in order to check Everest off their list with maximal efficiency?
Mount Everest’s Xenon-Gas Controversy Will Last Forever History is repeating itself in the world of controversial sports records.
Fries administered the xenon gas about a week and a half before departure. Whether the team’s success is attributable to xenon “is difficult to say,” Fries says.
Did Inhaling Xenon Gas Really Help Mount Everest Climbers Reach the Summit in Record Time? British climbers recently reached the top of Mount Everest in record time.
Climbers using xenon gas reached the summit of Everest in under five days but critics say the shortcut could lead to dangerous overcrowding and undermine the spirit of mountaineering.
The use of xenon gas by a group of British mountaineers before they began an expedition to climb the world's highest mountain in less than five days has raised questions about its effectiveness ...
Should scaling Mount Everest, one of sporting’s greatest accomplishments, be made easier — available to more people during a quick vacation — with the help of a performance enhancer?