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		<title>Last Blog From Base Camp</title>
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By Marshall Thompson
Today Apa arrived safely at Base Camp. He was surprisingly full of energy and ready to get home to his family as soon as possible. I appreciate his attitude because I can’t wait to see my family as well. I’m planning on leaving tomorrow morning so this is going to be my last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New World Record: Apa Sherpa Summits Mount Everest for the 20th Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MOUNT EVEREST BASE CAMP ― Apa Sherpa just broke his own world’s record by summiting Mount Everest for the 20th time at 8:34 a.m. Saturday.
Apa&#8217;s goal in climbing this year was to help efforts to increase educational opportunities in the Khumbu Region, which includes the areas around Mount Everest.
In a statement he prepared in anticipation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.apasherpa.com/everest/new-world-record-apa-sherpa-summits-mount-everest-for-the-20th-time/</link>
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		<title>Live Info on Apa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From now until Apa summits Mount Everest for the 20th time, I’m going to be doing live updates on Twitter and Facebook.
Twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/apasherpa
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/apasherpa
You can ask any questions you want and I will respond within less than a half hour. 
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		<link>http://www.apasherpa.com/uncategorized/live-info-on-apa/</link>
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		<title>Barricaded in the communications tent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dawa Steven, the expedition leader, Chunu, the Nepali government liaison officer, and I are now barricaded in the communications tent. We brought in a small gas heater and have zipped up the doors and tried to plug all the cracks. It’s starting to get a bit warmer.
Outside there are heavy clouds over Mount Everest right [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.apasherpa.com/uncategorized/barricaded-in-the-communications-tent/</link>
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		<title>Apa Named SAARC Goodwill Ambassador for Climate Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While Apa was getting ready to climb Mount Everest, a group of South Asian countries were meeting to discuss important matters like climate change. During said meeting, Apa was named the new Goodwill Ambassador for Climate Change. I knew about this a week or so ago, but Apa got the official letter today. (I’ve attached [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.apasherpa.com/everest/apa-named-saarc-goodwill-ambassador-for-climate-change/</link>
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		<title>Snows at camp 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today Apa is resting at Camp 2 while the rest of the team went up to Camp 3. Tomorrow Apa will catch up to them at Camp 4, where they will all rest for a few hours before heading for the summit. Apa is doing very well in Camp 2, however, the rest of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.apasherpa.com/everest/snows-at-camp-3/</link>
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		<title>Apa has left base camp!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today at 5 a.m. Apa left base camp for his final summit push. If he is successful, it will be his 20th summit of Mount Everest and a new world record. I filmed the whole event and I was accompanied by three other camera men. It was a big deal. At 4:15 a.m. Andrew, who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.apasherpa.com/uncategorized/apa-has-left-base-camp/</link>
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		<title>Life and Death on Mount Everest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Marshall Thompson
While we were waiting for the weather to clear up this week, Apa participated in the Eco Everest clean-up of human bodies on and around Mount Everest. In total, they respectfully removed three bodies from the lower part of the Khumbu Ice Fall and from the glacier. This happened, a few days ago, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.apasherpa.com/everest/while-we-were-waiting-for-the-weather-to-clear-up-this-week/</link>
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		<title>Answers to Questions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First off, I am a forty seven year old mother who likes to read. I happened upon this web site by chance after reading a book by some fellow left for dead while climbing Everest. I have been following every entry ever since then. Can you explain the addiction to climbing Everest that you have, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.apasherpa.com/everest/answers-to-questions/</link>
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		<title>Hot Chillys</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
 You may not be aware of this, but it gets cold at night at 17,500 feet and above. Thankfully, one of Apa’s sponsors is Hot Chillys. They make some of the best insulating layers you can get. When Apa is heading for his 20th Everest summit, he’ll be wearing Hot Chillys underneath. 
I have a couple [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.apasherpa.com/everest/hot-chillys/</link>
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