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LOS ANGELES-From the climbing rope found with the remains of British mountaineer George Mallory, who took part in the first British expedition to Mount Qomolangma, known as Mount Everest in the West, in the early 1920s, to one of the first oxygen sets ever employed in high-altitude climbing, an exhibition being held in Bowers Museum in US southern California takes …
The phrase climbing a mountain is often used as a metaphor to describe doing something hard. The story begins in 2008 when O'Brien is forced to rethink her career, and it takes us on a journey of multiple attempts to scale the world's tallest peaks — including Everest and K2. Even if you're not the outdoorsy type, you'll enjoy O'Brien's …
