Casper Mountaineer Abandons Everest Conquest Due To Mob Scene On Mountain, Many Deaths
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Mount Everest was such a mob scene, and so many people had died already that Wyoming mountaineer Dr. Joe McGinley of Casper told Cowboy State Daily he decided to turn back a few thousand feet from the summit.
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Casper Mountaineer Abandons Everest Conquest Due To Mob Scene On
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Wyoming climber summits Everest a year after avalanche, earthquake
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Mark Heinz Your Wyoming News Source
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Mark Heinz Your Wyoming News Source
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Wyoming climber summits Everest a year after avalanche, earthquake
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Everest fatalities a reminder 'death and mountain climbing are
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Three American Climbers Solve the 'Last Great Problem in the Himalayas' - The New York Times
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