| I was on Mount McKinley 24 hours from summiting when my unit told me via satellite phone that I needed to return immediately for a deployment. |
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| Their famous route is now taken by hundreds in the few days of the climbing season when summiting is humanly possible. |
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| While Everest has increased in popularity over the last 60 years, Nepalis have continued to bear much of the risk involved in summiting. |
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| The next morning, equipped with ice axes and ice climbing boots, they were tasked with summiting the volcano, more than 9,300 feet above sea level. |
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| Reavis was summiting Mount Kilimanjaro with a group of young innovators, including Mooser. |
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| Summiting about noon, we found other climbers blissed-out in the sun, eating crackers and drinking from little silver flasks. |
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| Kenton and Sherpa Dorje Gylgen were midway through their world-first six-day summiting of Himalayan giants Nuptse, Everest and Lhotse. |
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