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  1. With the Matterhorn so close by, the Ober Gabelhorn (4063m) is probably a bit underappreciated, so perfect for a bit of Mountain-Monday-spotlighting.

    cosleyhouston.com/obergabelhor

    #MountainMonday #Mountaineering

  2. It's early days, but as someone who wants to #mountaineer one day, I was fascinated.

    Genus #Blautia, a common #gut #bacteria studied for other reasons (increased cognitive development in infants & lower risk of #obesity & #diabetes in adults), can also possibly reduce damage caused by #AltitudeSickness

    science.org/content/article/mi.

    #Hypoxia #Microbiome #ImmuneSystems #Mountaineering #Tibet #China

  3. On this day, in 1953, Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary became the first human beings to stand on the highest peak on the surface of our planet (and to make it back down Everest safely).

    "It's not the mountain we conquer but ourselves"

    #History #TenzingNorgay #EdmundHillary #mountaineering #MountEverest #climbing

  4. Tenzing Norgay claimed that had he known he'd lose 25 pounds during his famous Everest ascent, he'd not have bothered taking his wallet.

    #TenzingNorgay #Everest #climbing #mountaineering #QI #notQI

  5. It is the Everest Day on Monday. The mountain was climbed for the first time 70 years ago on this day, when Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Sir Edmund Hillary stood on its top.

    This and my many other photographs of the mountain, ready to be licensed or purchased as prints, are available on #PicFair. This one is here: radekkucharski.picfair.com/pic

    #EverestDay #MountEverest #mountaineering #Himalayas #SagarmathaNationalPark #Everest #TenzingNorgay #EdmundHillary #Hillary #monochromePhotography #AYearForArt