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But his brand of market reformism, which lifted millions out of poverty but unleashed inequality, fell out of vogue with the ascent of Xi Jinping, China's most powerful leader in generations, in 2012.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
The total elevation climbed was roughly 110,000 meters, an average of 12,000 feet of daily vertical ascent per day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
The first successful ascent was in 1957, when an Austrian expedition reached the summit.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
The researchers used these experimentally measured nucleation delays in numerical models of magma ascent.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Upon Messner’s return to civilization, his ascent was widely lauded as the greatest mountaineering feat of all time.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
When funds go from first to worst, many people attracted at the latter stages of those ascents bail out and actually lose money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
It tunneled 435 feet through the mountains for slightly easier descents and ascents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Broad Peak is the world's 12th highest mountain, located in the Karakoram range in northern Pakistan, and is regarded as one of the toughest and most technical climbs of all the 8,000 metre-plus ascents.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
On the course, there are two ascents on skis plus sections on foot, and two descents.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
It was an exceedingly ambitious goal, but Kropp had the credentials to pull it off: he’d been on six previous Himalayan expeditions and had made solo ascents of Broad Peak, Cho Oyu, and K2.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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