The Local Sweden https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Swedish woman mounts Everest Swedish adventurer and free-diving champion Annelie Pompe became reached Mount Everest's fabled 8,848 metre summit on Friday, but failed in her quest to become the first Swedish woman to do so without bottled oxygen.. https://www.thelocal.se/20110520/33890 Fri, 20 May 2011 15:44:00 +0200 33890 Swede to ski down Everest's north side Two Scandinavian adventurers said on Wednesday that they had set off to become the first people to ski down the north side of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain. https://www.thelocal.se/20060329/3412-2 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:34:00 +0200 3412-2