Renowned Everest Guide Says Using Xenon Speeds Climb and Makes It Safer, Better for Environment

Did Inhaling Xenon Gas Really Help Mount Everest Climbers Reach the Summit in Record Time?

British climbers recently reached the top of Mount Everest in record time. They inhaled xenon gas before the trip. But was that the decisive factor?

Britons Become 1st to Scale Mt. Everest with Help of Xenon Gas, Organizer Says

KATHMANDU (Reuters) — Four British climbers became the first to scale Mt. Everest on May 21 using xenon gas, which helped them save several weeks that mountaineers need to get used to high altitudes, an official of their expedition organizing company said.

Xenon gas could speed Everest treks. There's concern it could also leave climbers dangerously unprepared

The use of xenon gas by a group of British mountaineers before they began an expedition to climb the world's highest mountain in less than five days has raised questions about its effectiveness and prompted concerns that inexperienced climbers using it as a shortcut could put themselves and others in danger.

Climbing Everest With Gas, Cheating Or The Future? Wyoming Climbers Split

Climbers are split over a British team’s use of xenon gas to climb Mount Everest in just four days. One Wyoming Everest climber says it’s “pathetic” and “straight-up cheating,” while another says it’s a safe innovation that will keep people healthy.

Climbers Summit Mount Everest in Five Days Using Controversial Xenon Gas

The four British former special forces soldiers left the United Kingdom on May 16. By 7:10 a.m. on May 21, they were standing at the top of the 29,032-foot-tall peak

They inhaled a gas and scaled Everest in days: Is it the future of mountaineering?

Some in the mountaineering community have warned against the use of the gas. Read more at straitstimes.com.