The avalanche damaged the Khumbu Icefall, a key route for the lower part of the Everest ascent, leaving groups of climbers stranded for fear of disrupting unstable ground or sudden shifts in ice that could cause crevasses to open.
Matthew Yglesias, a blogger, memorably described Amazon as a "charitable organisation being run by elements of the investment community for the benefit of consumers".The company's ascent has left a trail of enemies and sceptics, including competitors crushed or forced to sell out to Amazon by its ruthless pricing practices.
Lewis leaves no doubt as to where he thinks Silicon Valley's ascent has left his old Wall Street turf: in the dust.
You might think the speed of her ascent would leave Smirnova slightly breathless and giddy, but of course ballerinas are nothing if not poised.
Some, say Caryn Aviv and David Shneer, two American scholars, in a recent book, "New Jews" (New York University Press), reject the notion that they are in a "diaspora", which "envisions the Jewish world hierarchically with Israel on top, the diaspora on [the] bottom .Aliyah literally means "ascent", while leaving Israel is yeridah, "descent".
Not only did Wittgenstein, on a by no means cursory visit to the Soviet Union in 1935, grasp little of the nature of the regime, but the ascent of Nazism left him either indifferent or blind.
He apparently profited greatly from his political ascent; worse, he left a trailed of ruined, imprisoned, and murdered critics.
Donald Trump's political ascent may have left many scratching their heads, but actor William Baldwin understands why The Donald's campaign has been so effective. .
Team Sky's Rigoberto Uran surged up the final ascent with eight kilometres left to win stage 10 of the Giro d'Italia and move ahead of team-mate Sir Bradley Wiggins in the general classification.
For the ascent of Chimborazo, he had left most of the baggage behind, but had packed a barometer, a thermometer, a sextant, an artificial horizon and a so-called "cyanometer" with which he could measure the "blueness" of the sky.
