He had been on the first exploratory trip to the mountain that had mapped the way up from the southern side.

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Climbers can survive above eight thousand meters because they spend months climbing on the mountain to get used to the conditions.

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At the time, scientists believed that a person at the top of the mountain would only have enough oxygen to sleep.

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" ...on account of the number of pine trees that grow in the gorge of the mountain in which it is situated.

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The road moves back and forth and around corners as it moves up the face of the mountain.

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Today,scientists say a person dropped on the top of the mountain would live no more than ten minutes.

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They could cross the mountain in one of two places -- the White Pass and the Chilkoot Pass.

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During those long summer days, The Luck was carried up the mountain to the place where the men were digging for gold.

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Hurston's last two novels were the biblical story "Moses,Man of the Mountain" and "Seraph on the Suwanee."

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Last month, thirteen- year-old Jordan Romero became the youngest person to reach the top of the mountain.

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In the mountain,the heat and dust were so thick that most men would have had trouble breathing.

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Team member Noel Odell saw Mallory and Irvine climbing high on the mountain the following day.

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But that attempt was canceled after a storm caused a giant mass of snow to slide down the mountain, killing seven ethnic Sherpa guides.

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The success of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay led to many new attempts on the mountain.

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