My Turn: Climbing Everest with a âBionicâ Heart
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Summitting Everest was just one of my triumphs as a recipient of a mechanical heart valve.
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Dr. Robert Jarvikâs newest heart device, the Jarvik 2000, holds the distinction of keeping a patient alive the longest. But it is facing competition.
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There may be something almost nostalgic in our celebration of a âheroic explorer.â
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KATHMANDU (Reuters Life!) - Mountaineers from four countries will try to climb Mount Everest in April, hoping their feat will raise global awareness on the impact of climate change in the Himalayas, organizers said on Monday.
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A British climber has set a world record by making a mobile phone call from the top of Mount Everest.
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By ROD McGUIRK CANBERRA, Australia - A champion German paraglider said Friday she did not believe she would survive when she was lifted higher than Mount Everest by a thunderstorm in eastern Australia.
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How the diagnosis of a serious heart condition turned a jock into a beauty queen.
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BANGKOK, Thailand -- Climbers over age 60 are three times more likely to die on Mount Everest than the average mountaineer, according to study results released Wednesday, as more older people try scaling the world's highest peak.
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Â· Canadian considered eating own leg to survive Â· Chance rescue by hiker ended 96-hour ordeal
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Imagine hiking across Antarctica, through ice, cold and bitter wind, enduring months of hardship, and finally arriving at the doorstep of the South Pole itself.
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Travel: Adrenaline junkies have moved on from snowboarding. Isobel Rostron goes speedriding
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Infusing patients with bone marrow cells can reinvigorate their dying hearts and grow tiny new arteries and heart muscle tissue, a treatment that may one
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New Zealand's Sir Edmund Hillary, who along with Nepal's Tenzing Norgay Sherpa became the first to conquer Mount Everest, has died. He was 88.
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By ALICIA ANSTEAD OF THE NEWS STAFF  If you're a hard-core hiker who lives by a "because-it's-there" philosophy, I can pretty much assure that this isn't your kind of adventure story.
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Nepal remembers one of its great champions, Sir Edmund Hillary, joint first conqueror of Mount Everest.
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A British explorer has broken the speed record for reaching the North and South Poles and the summit of Mount Everest, The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported Saturday.
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Ellen MacArthur sets a new solo fastest time to the equator in her round-the-world record bid.