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food. Most climbers will begin using supplemental oxygen here and have a maximum of only two or three days to make summit bids. Clear weather and low winds are critical factors in deciding whether to make a summit attempt. If the weather is not favourable within these short few days, climbers are forced to descend, many back to
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In May 2019, the highest weather stations in the world were installed at Everest, with one location at the South Col, and another on a place higher up on the peak known as "The Balcony" as well as some other stations and locations. The weather stations are about 7 feet (2.1 m) tall and weigh 110
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is a significant threat at this elevation and can easily prove fatal. It is also difficult to sleep, and most climbers' digestive systems have significantly slowed or completely stopped. This is because it is more efficient at this altitude for the body to use stored energy sources than to digest new
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It was 2.40 p.m. Wilfrid Noyce and his companion Annullu stood at that moment above the South Col of Everest, at about 26,000 feet . They were gazing down on the scene of the Swiss drama, and they were also looking upwards to the final pyramid of Everest itself. It was a great moment for them both,
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and it was shared by all of us who watched it. Their presence there was symbolic of our success in overcoming the most crucial problem of the whole climb; they had reached an objective which we had been striving to attain for twelve anxious days.
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B3 helicopter on the South Col. Two days later he made the first helicopter landing on the summit of Mount Everest, a feat he subsequently repeated.
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pounds (50 kg). On 21 July 2022, a maximum temperature of −1.4 °C (29.5 °F) was registered at the South Col.
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is right side of the Mount Everest in the picture and the former height is slightly lower than the latter.
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which failed to reach the summit. The following year, when Mount Everest was first climbed,
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Annullu were the first climbers on the expedition to reach the col. According to
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The South Col was first reached on 12 May 1952 by Aubert, Lambert, and Flory of
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South Summit
Elevation
Nepal
Khumjung
China
Tibet
Range
Mahalangur Himal
Coordinates
27°58′30″N 86°55′55.5″E / 27.97500°N 86.932083°E / 27.97500; 86.932083
South Col is located in Nepal
South Col is located in Tibet
col
Mount Everest
Lhotse
North Col
Nepal

Mount Everest
South Summit

Edouard Wyss-Dunant
Swiss Mount Everest Expedition
Wilfrid Noyce
Sherpa
John Hunt
death zone
altitude sickness
Base Camp

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