Hacker News with Generative AI: Mountaineering

They Inhaled a Gas and Scaled Everest in Days. The Future of Mountaineering? (nytimes.com)
A group of British men went from London to the summit of Everest and back in less than a week with the help of xenon gas. Mountaineers and the Nepalese government weren’t pleased.
British soldiers make Everest history using new method (bbc.com)
Four British former special forces soldiers have set a record by climbing Mount Everest in under five days without acclimatising on the mountain, as part of a high-speed expedition controversially aided by xenon gas.
Climbers using xenon gas to climb Everest (gripped.com)
The Financial Times recently ran a story about a guiding company offering its clients xenon gas for their ascent attempts of Mount Everest.
How Mount Everest killed George Mallory (thespectator.com)
Explore a digitized collection of doomed Everest climber's letters home (arstechnica.com)