To skip the usual weeks or months spent gradually adjusting to high altitude, they paid a reported $153,000 each for a bespoke protocol that included inhaling xenon gas to help them adjust more ...

Rather than taking weeks or months, climbers are trying to summit Everest in just 7 days by inhaling xenon gas. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Dr. Peter Hackett, a pioneer in altitude research.

The itinerary is simple. Four British men hopped on a plane Friday in London, flew roughly 4,600 miles to Kathmandu in Nepal and then boarded a helicopter to Mount Everest’s base camp.

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This, they hope, will be made possible by inhaling the noble gas xenon 10 days prior, as part of a tour with Furtenbach Adventures. “Before you can go to climb Mount Everest, you need to adapt ...

Recent news of some British climbers intending to climb Everest in just one week made headlines around the world and caused a headache for the expedition outfitter organizing the climb. Lukas ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Using xenon gas treatment and the latest technology is making climbing Mount Everest not just faster but also better for the environment, cutting down garbage and waste ...

They also received an unusual treatment of xenon gas, doing the climb under the direction of Lukas Furtenbach, who has been trying different methods over the years to shorten the time spent on ...

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Lukas Furtenbach of Furtenbach Adventures and his Mission Everest Team just summited Mount Everest in extremely windy conditions, five days after leaving the U.