Antoine Erout is part of a French-Nepali team building a new route up Mount Everest that avoids what’s known as the Khumbu icefall. Due to the popularity of the route, as well as increased fragility of the icefall due to climate change, this part of the route is exceptionally dangerous. He joined The World to discuss.
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