[13 Year Old Attempts Everest]

Have no fear, BBC says his resume includes an ascent of Kilimanjaro, so he is/was qualified to climb Everest... stupid people and their need for glory

[Climbin beef - first woman to do all 14 8000ers?]

Interesting little race in the works. Two ladies are one peak away from doing all 14 8000m peaks. One needs Annapurna, and one Shisha Pangma, and it seems like it could end this weekend. Granted, it seems like this is more of a "lead somebody with a lot of money to the top of [insert peak here]" type thing, but still interesting to see how it goes down.

 

Story here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8638718.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8638718.stm

 

There was also another story on BBC of a sherpa expedition to attempt to clean everest of bodies and trash. Also interesting to see how that pans out.