KATHMANDU: A renowned US mountain guide has achieved the rare Everest region 'triple crown', climbing three peaks - Mount Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse - in one season, a hiking company official said on Friday (May 26). Garrett Madison, 44, climbed Lhotse, the world’s fourth tallest peak at 8,516m on Thursd
KATHMANDU: A renowned US mountain guide has achieved the rare Everest region"triple crown", climbing three peaks - Mount Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse - in one season, a hiking company official said on Friday .
Madison, who owns the company Madison Mountaineering based in Seattle, climbed the smaller but technically difficult Nuptse peak, at 7,855m, on May 8. "When I climbed what became known as the Triple Crown in one season I said it wouldn’t be done again for 10 years," Cool told Reuters in a text message.
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