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		<title>National Geographic Magazine - Field Test: On Everest</title>
		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest</link>
		<description>National Geographic Magazine - Field Test: On Everest</description>

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			<date>May 30, 2012</date>
			<title>Extras: Further Reading</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-05-30/further-reading</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Did we get you hooked on Everest? Want to know more?]]></description>
			<author>National Geographic</author>
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			<date>May 29, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #58: Coda</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-05-29/coda</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Because Everest is so high and so indifferent, it calls upon every mountaineer, at some point during the climb, to rise to his or her better self.]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>May 27, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #57: Summing Up (iPad only)</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/on-the-ipad</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Arriving at Base Camp on the south side of Everest on April 1, the team members spent 54 days working their way up the mountain.]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>May 27, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #56: A Call From Conrad (iPad only)</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/on-the-ipad</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It was time to go, and it was game on.]]></description>
			<author>Conrad Anker</author>
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			<date>May 26, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #55: Surprise Summit</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-05-26/surprise-summit</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In a surprise turn of events, Conrad Anker headed for the summit this morning.]]></description>
			<author>National Geographic</author>
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			<date>May 25, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #54: We Did It</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-05-25/we-did-it</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This morning, May 25, all five of us summited Mount Everest 55 days after we first arrived in Base Camp.]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>May 25, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #53: From On High</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-05-25/from-on-high</link>
			<description><![CDATA[All team members are down from the summit and safely back at Camp 4.]]></description>
			<author>National Geographic</author>
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			<date>May 25, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #52: On Top of the World</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-05-25/on-top-of-the-world</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The report just in from Base Camp: They're up!]]></description>
			<author>National Geographic</author>
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			<date>May 24, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #51: Message From Camp 4</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-05-24/message-from-camp-4</link>
			<description><![CDATA["Today is the day we have been waiting for, preparing for, speaking of, and believing in."]]></description>
			<author>National Geographic</author>
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			<date>May 24, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #50: Long Lines to the Top (iPad only)</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/on-the-ipad</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Simone Moro was with our summit team up until today, but he turned around because of massive lines of climbers.]]></description>
			<author>Max Lowe</author>
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			<date>May 24, 2012</date>
			<title>Extras: Horbein Remembers Everest</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-05-24/hornbein-remembers-everest</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Tom Hornbein was a member of the first National Geographic expedition to Everest--and one of the first Americans to stand atop that peak.]]></description>
			<author>National Geographic</author>
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			<date>May 23, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #49: Voicemail From Camp 3</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-05-23/voicemail-from-camp-3</link>
			<description><![CDATA["We are just below a series of looming, ten-story-high seracs, which every afternoon get warm and begin to shift. Thank God we are only here for only one night."]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>May 23, 2012</date>
			<title>Extras: On Everest, On Instagram</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-05-23/on-everest-on-instagram</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If Conrad and the South Col Five reach the summit this Friday, there's a chance you will know immediately--on your phone.]]></description>
			<author>Oliver Uberti</author>
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			<date>May 22, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #48: Weather Window (iPad only)</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/on-the-ipad</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Mark Jenkins called in from Camp 2 to report on how the South Col Six are faring as they gear up for their summit push. Hear his voicemail on the National Geographic Magazine App.]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>May 22, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #47: Meet Simone Moro (iPad only)</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/on-the-ipad</link>
			<description><![CDATA["Maybe the real value of my climbs is that I can help people dream."]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>May 22, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #46: The Rescuer (iPad only)</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/on-the-ipad</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Every morning the constant roar of the helicopters over Base Camp has been a reminder of the toll that has been taken by the mountain this season.]]></description>
			<author>Max Lowe</author>
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			<date>May 21, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #45: The Mountain Decides</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-05-21/the-mountain-decides</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Two months on the mountain, often months of training beforehand, tens of thousands of dollars, and it all comes down to a few hours.]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>May 21, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #44: Going Up</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-05-21/going-up</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Wish us good luck and good weather.]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>May 20, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #43: Kaltenbrunner Summits Nuptse in Style (iPad only)</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/on-the-ipad</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The mountain was climbed in clean alpine style, with no Sherpas, no fixed ropes, and no oxygen.]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>May 20, 2012</date>
			<title>Extras: Foot Notes (iPad only)</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/on-the-ipad</link>
			<description><![CDATA[When George Mallory started his ill-fated climb to the summit in 1924, he wore leather hobnail boots. Our climbers have sounder footing.]]></description>
			<author>Cathy Newman</author>
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			<date>May 20, 2012</date>
			<title>Extras: Hazards (iPad only)</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/on-the-ipad</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Everest can leave lasting marks on climbers who try for the top.]]></description>
			<author>Cathy Newman</author>
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			<date>May 19, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #42: First Ascent Without Oxygen in 2012 (iPad only)</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/on-the-ipad</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ueli Steck, Switzerland’s uber-alpinist, cruised to the summit of Everest without oxygen at 1:30 p.m. on May 18.]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>May 19, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #41: First to the Summit (iPad only)</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/on-the-ipad</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ang Kaji Sherpa was the first man to summit the mountain this season.]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>May 19, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #40: Circus Acts (iPad only)</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/on-the-ipad</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Climbing this mountain, more than any other on Earth, is about ego.]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>May 18, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #39: To Os or Not to Os</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-05-18/to-os-or-not-to-os</link>
			<description><![CDATA["At Everest Base Camp's elevation there is but 50 percent of the oxygen available at sea level, and when you first arrive you get winded just tying your shoelaces."]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>May 18, 2012</date>
			<title>Extras: Talk to the Team</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-05-18/talk-to-the-team</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In case you missed it, we hung out with the team at Everest Base Camp this morning in a video chat. Enjoy an archive of the chat.]]></description>
			<author>National Geographic</author>
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			<date>May 17, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #38: Sadie Comes Home (iPad only)</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/on-the-ipad</link>
			<description><![CDATA["I spent 12 days at 17,500 feet, and I still got overheated, breathless, light-headed, or all three on the 20-minute walk across the rocky, hilly terrain to "mid town" Base Camp."]]></description>
			<author>Sadie Quarrier</author>
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			<date>May 16, 2012</date>
			<title>Extras: Hang Out With Us</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-05-16/conrad-calls-in</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This Friday, May 18, at 10:30 a.m. EDT you can watch a real-time video chat with members of our Everest expedition team.]]></description>
			<author>National Geographic</author>
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			<date>May 16, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #37: Conrad Calls In</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-05-16/conrad-calls-in</link>
			<description><![CDATA["Greetings, Conrad here. It's the 16th of May 2012, Everest Base Camp."]]></description>
			<author>Conrad Anker</author>
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			<date>May 15, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #36: A Change in Plans</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-05-15/a-change-in-plans</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The West Ridge leg of the climb has been officially called off.]]></description>
			<author>National Geographic</author>
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			<date>May 15, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #35: The Penultimate Push</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-05-15/the-penultimate-push</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This is the madness of high-altitude mountaineering: You spend weeks, even months, working your way up the mountain, getting your team in position for the summit--and then it all comes down to a few lucky days of mild weather.]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>May 14, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #34: What Nobody Talks About</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-05-14/what-nobody-talks-about</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There is a dark side to the expedition life: everything you miss back home.]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>May 11, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #33: Voicemail From Camp 2</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-05-11/voicemail-from-camp-2</link>
			<description><![CDATA[“Now we are five. I lost my wingman this morning, struck down by illness.”]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>May 10, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #32: The Art of Waiting (iPad only)</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/on-the-ipad</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The amount of time spent ascending on Everest is minimal; an absurd majority of time is spent waiting.]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>May 9, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #31: The Sherpas</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-05-09/the-sherpas</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Today, over 95 percent of all expeditions to Everest rely heavily on Sherpas--Sherpas do all the heavy lifting, literally.]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>May 8, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #30: Base Camp Report</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-05-08/base-camp-report</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We're all ready to climb this beast!]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>May 7, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #29: Sadie Gets Down to Work (iPad only)</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/on-the-ipad</link>
			<description><![CDATA[One quickly learns that privacy and discretion are for lower elevations.]]></description>
			<author>Sadie Quarrier</author>
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			<date>May 6, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #28: Party on Top of the World (iPad only)</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/on-the-ipad</link>
			<description><![CDATA["Our team blew off steam last night at a rager down the block."]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>May 5, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #27: The Everest Diet</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-05-05/the-everest-diet</link>
			<description><![CDATA["Eat everything in sight, eat as much as you possibly can at all times, and lose at least two pounds a week."]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>May 4, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #26: Mayo Puts Us to the Test</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-05-04/mayo-puts-us-to-the-test</link>
			<description><![CDATA["With wires running to electrodes attached to our foreheads and forefingers, we looked like modern-day Frankensteins."]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>May 4, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #25: Going to Extremes (iPad only)</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/on-the-ipad</link>
			<description><![CDATA["The data will provide insights to patients with heart and lung disease, muscle loss, and sleep disorders."]]></description>
			<author>Cathy Newman</author>
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			<date>May 3, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #24: Moving Ahead</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-05-03/moving-ahead</link>
			<description><![CDATA["I need to have time to fall in love with this route. It's like a woman, you know."]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>May 2, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #23: Sadie Heads Back (iPad only)</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/on-the-ipad</link>
			<description><![CDATA["I've only got the one-day walk to re-acclimatize after spending four days in Kathmandu."]]></description>
			<author>Sadie Quarrier</author>
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			<date>May 2, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #22: Message From Cory</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-05-02/message-from-cory</link>
			<description><![CDATA["My greatest wish is that the team will continue to climb strong and to climb well."]]></description>
			<author>Cory Richards</author>
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			<date>May 1, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #21: Message From Conrad</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-05-01/message-from-conrad</link>
			<description><![CDATA["It's the well being and safety of our team members that we're really looking for."]]></description>
			<author>Conrad Anker</author>
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			<date>April 30, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #20: The Rescue (Video)</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-04-30/the-rescue</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This is how the team got Cory off the mountain.]]></description>
			<author>National Geographic</author>
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			<date>April 29, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #19: Days of Drama</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-04-29/days-of-drama</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Cory was visibly fatigued and kept remarking, between quick sucks of air, on his inability to catch his breath. He said he felt like he was suffocating.]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>April 28, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #18: Just in Time</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-04-28/just-in-time</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Cory is currently receiving medical treatment for altitude sickness after being evacuated from Base Camp.]]></description>
			<author>Sadie Quarrier</author>
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			<date>April 28, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #17: Cory Evacuated</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-04-28/cory-evacuated</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Photographer Cory Richards was evacuated from Base Camp this morning.]]></description>
			<author>National Geographic</author>
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			<date>April 27, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #16: Avalanche at Camp 1</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-04-27/avalanche-at-camp-1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We looked up to see a cloud of snow over 100-feet high barreling out of the Western Cwm over the top of the Icefall.]]></description>
			<author>Travis Corthouts</author>
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			<date>April 27, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #15: The Coolest of the Cool</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-04-27/the-coolest-of-the-cool</link>
			<description><![CDATA[For Phil Henderson, it's about the journey—not the destination.]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>April 26, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #14: Good News (iPad only)</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/on-the-ipad</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Mark Jenkins sends a voicemail from Camp 2 on Everest.]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>April 26, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #13: The Fat Lady Sings</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-04-26/the-fat-lady-sings</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Today the mountain warned us.]]></description>
			<author>Emily Harrington</author>
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			<date>April 26, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #12: Conrad Checks In</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-04-26/conrad-checks-in</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hello, this is Conrad. I'm calling from about 21,800 feet.]]></description>
			<author>Conrad Anker</author>
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			<date>April 25, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #11: This is Base Camp</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-04-25/this-is-base-camp</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Life here is surprisingly civil and leisurely.]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>April 24, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #10: Learning to Breathe (iPad only)</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/on-the-ipad</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Altitude acclimatization determines almost everything on Everest.]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>April 23, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #9: Close Shave</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-04-23/close-shave</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As soon as we got to Camp 2, things changed. It got kind of ugly up there.]]></description>
			<author>Cory Richards</author>
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			<date>April 21, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #8: Tragedy on the Mountain</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-04-21/tragedy-on-the-mountain</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we had the first climbing death of the season on Everest.]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>April 20, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #7: On Thick Ice</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-04-20/on-thick-ice</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This is the Khumbu death zone. If you're here at the wrong time, there's nowhere to hide, nowhere to run. It's over.]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>April 19, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #6: Email From Cory (iPad only)</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/on-the-ipad</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The route through the icefall is VERY VERY VERY scary this year.]]></description>
			<author>Cory Richards</author>
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			<date>April 18, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #5: The Khumbu Crud (iPad only)</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/on-the-ipad</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Probably half of all climbers who come to Everest Base Camp come down with something, and our expedition has not been spared.]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>April 17, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #4: Voicemail From Everest</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-04-17/voicemail-from-everest</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Maggie, it's Mark Jenkins calling from Camp One.]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>April 17, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #3: Welcome to the Expedition (iPad only)</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/on-the-ipad</link>
			<description><![CDATA[This Everest expedition has lofty ambitions, inspired by the loftiest of mountains.]]></description>
			<author>Mark Jenkins</author>
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			<date>April 16, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #2: Climbers Say Goodbye</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-04-16/climbers-say-goodbye</link>
			<description><![CDATA[You never want to start a story this way. But it’s impossible not to think about these things when your family’s right in front of you—and they leave.]]></description>
			<author>Cory Richards</author>
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			<date>April 16, 2012</date>
			<title>Dispatch #1: The Trek In</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-04-16/the-trek-in</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Our team arrives after days of hiking. The tent city known as Base Camp comes to life twice a year during the spring and fall climbing seasons.]]></description>
			<author>Cory Richards</author>
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			<date>April 16, 2012</date>
			<title>Flashback: Meet Mr. Everest</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-04-16/meet-mr-everest</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The man behind the mountain's name.]]></description>
			<author>Cathy Newman</author>
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			<date>April 16, 2012</date>
			<title>Flashback: Above Everest (iPad only)</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/on-the-ipad</link>
			<description><![CDATA[From the International Space Station, you can see nearly every wrinkle and fold of the Himalaya.]]></description>
			<author>Cathy Newman</author>
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			<date>April 16, 2012</date>
			<title>From the Editor: Why Climb Everest?</title>
       		<link>http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest/blog/2012-04-16/why-climb-everest</link>
			<description><![CDATA[For those of us who love spending time in the mountains, danger became personal on March 4, 1979.]]></description>
			<author>Chris Johns</author>
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