Mount Aso, a volcano located on Japanâs southernmost main island of Kyushu, erupted on Monday morning, local time, sending a plethora of smoke and ash 2,000 meters into the sky. Mount Aso, a volcano located on Japanâs southernmost main island of Kyushu, erupted on Monday morning, local time, sending a plethora of smoke and ash 2,000 meters into the sky. my recent locations Â°f
Their goal was to reach the summit of Everest without the use of supplemental oxygen canisters, a feat that remains rare today but was, in 1978, actually considered scientifically impossible. More than 4,000 people have climbed Mount Everest, but fewer than 200 have done so without oxygen.
23 photos: Exploring Mount Everest. The journey to the summit of Mount Everest is a challenge that an increasing number have taken on since the summit was first reached in in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. photos: Climber attempts Everest with assistance. 7 photos: Climber attempts Everest with assistance. Japanese mountaineer Nobukazu Kuriki, 33, from Hokkaido, is preparing to make his fifth attempt to summit Mount Everest in Nepal in September, 2015.