Global warming leaving Everest less stable as search for British man continues

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As the search for a British man missing on Everest continues, one Irish adventurer says climate change has left the mountain less stable.

Dan Paterson and his Nepalese guide Pastenji Sherpa haven't been heard from since Tuesday when part of a ridge collapsed on the world's highest mountain.Advertisement

“Due to global warming and climate change now, most of Mount Everest and all the high mountains around the world are becoming more dangerous,” he toldMount Everest and surrounding peaks viewed from Gokyo Ri“The amount of people now that are travelling on Everest is a hell of a lot more than what it was, and it can affect the stability of the snow and the ice.

 

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