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NEWS FLASH: Nimsdai's Troubles HEAT UP & the Mount Everest 2024 Season Recap | Records, Tragedies & Troubled Future

Thom Dharma Pollard

The 2024 Everest climbing season may go down in history for its extraordinary mix of achievements, controversies, and tragedies.  From record-breaking summits and political tensions, lives lost, ignored rules, near misses and disturbing allegations of sexual misconduct allegations on Nimsdai. The Everest guiding industry is at a critical juncture – a point of no return.

In this video we cover all the highs and lows, the good, the bad and the ugly, World Records (not), loss of lives and prospects for the future. 

Ryan Mitchell video
https://youtu.be/w1mJsdeE81Q

Nims poll question
https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxe564Uftnrd_hK8lvbvSEkyxtYJ8if_Ve

Szilard Suhajda video
https://youtu.be/aLfKIuL9o0k

Alan Arnette's blogpost from June 5, 2024 -"Everest 2024: Season Summary – Everest at a Rubicon":
https://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2024/06/05/everest-2024-season-summary-everest-at-a-rubicon/

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