To get ahead, you must, above all, have the grace of the gods.
Everest was climbed from both sides. A handful of mountaineers entered the thin list of all 14, 8000ers without supplementary oxygen.
Other world adventure headlines, another update in Pythom Labs, and a lesson from Homer’s great hero Odysseus:
“To get ahead, you must, above all, have the grace of the gods. They favoured the strong, sometimes the wise, sometimes the humble, but always the brave.”
(Source: TDA Global Cycling in Greece/Pythom Feeds)
News
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Mount Everest: Strange Weather. Update: South Side Open. pythom
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Lab
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Expedition Dispatches
Time to Climb High Adventure Consultants Everest 2017
Summit Push On Everest 2017 Mountain Professionals
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News from Around the World
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Growing Up With SUP’s Youngest Yoga Instructor SUP Magazine
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Three Brits injured after helicopter crashes while attempting to land on superyacht Bacarella Yachting & Boating World
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