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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5142/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Risky Climbers Bring Danger to Highest US Mountain' data-article-id='5679'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='17125'>Park rangers who watch North America’s highest mountain say inexperienced and overconfident climbers are taking more risks and endangering themselves and other climbers.</span> <span data-start-time='17125' data-end-time='31500'>The rangers suggest many climbers are trying to move up the mountain too fast after having a year off because of the COVID-19 pandemic.</span> <span data-start-time='31500' data-end-time='42083'>Denali in southern Alaska is 6,190 meters (20,310 feet) above sea level. </span> <span data-start-time='42083' data-end-time='47688'>So, climbing it requires a high level of skill. </span> <span data-start-time='47688' data-end-time='58292'>Climbers also need to acclimate to high altitudes that is not needed for most mountains in the U.S.</span> <span data-start-time='58292' data-end-time='69292'>Acclimation to high altitudes means you slowly permit your body to adapt, or get used to conditions. </span> <span data-start-time='69292' data-end-time='73063'>If you don’t, you could feel sick.</span> <span data-start-time='73063' data-end-time='87708'>Experts at America’s Cleveland Clinic say altitude sickness “happens when your body is unable to adapt to a low-pressure, low-oxygen environment…” </span> <span data-start-time='87708' data-end-time='95250'>This generally happens at about 2,400 meters (8,000 feet) above sea level.</span> <span data-start-time='95250' data-end-time='108958'>The National Park Service recently issued a statement warning that many climbers in the Alaska Range are showing signs of inexperience and overconfidence.</span> <span data-start-time='108958' data-end-time='121583'>After reporting no deaths in 2018 and 2019, at least two people have already died on the mountain in 2021. </span> <span data-start-time='121583' data-end-time='126167'>Two others were seriously injured, officials said.</span> <span data-start-time='126167' data-end-time='138250'>Earlier this month, a skier from the state of Colorado died after falling into a crevasse, or very deep cut in the ice. </span> <span data-start-time='138250' data-end-time='148083'>Rangers also reported that a climber from the state of Idaho was killed by a large falling piece of ice.</span> <span data-start-time='148083' data-end-time='159625'>The rangers issued their statement after a Canadian climber was seriously injured after falling nearly 305 meters (1,000 feet). </span> <span data-start-time='159625' data-end-time='163146'>He was not wearing climbing ropes. </span> <span data-start-time='163146' data-end-time='166438'>Other climbers reported the fall. </span> <span data-start-time='166438' data-end-time='175625'>People in a helicopter studying mountain ice in the area were able to rescue the man, park officials said.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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true</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5142/the_use_of_the_imagination_or_original_ideas.wav'><span>The use of the imagination or original ideas</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5142/a_type_of_highly_seasoned_polish_sausage.wav'><span>A type of highly seasoned Polish sausage</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=17541 data-hint-location='31500' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5142/what_state_is_the_mountain_denali_in.wav'>What state is the mountain Denali in?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Alaska'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5142/california.wav'><span>California</span></div><div class='choice' 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