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Their objection isn’t to xenon itself but to the idea of making Everest easier. That’s the same problem many runners have with Kipyegon’s sub-four-minute-mile attempt.

Other research in animals has hinted at the possibility that it could offer protection from potentially fatal forms of altitude illness, which can occur when climbers ascend too rapidly. For now, the ...

His company will continue using xenon, and he hopes “the scientists do their job now and progress with the necessary research,” he says. “Seems we are ahead of them at the moment.

Xenon is expensive, which has limited its use as an anesthetic and in athletics. But more people will probably shell out for the gas, given that the baseline cost of climbing Mount Everest is so ...