The article examines parallels between the historic achievements of Edmund Hillary and Roger Bannister and recent controversies in mountaineering and athletics, particularly regarding the use of technology and pacing. Hillary and Norgay scaled Everest with oxygen, sparking debates, while Bannister's sub-four-minute mile included unfair pacing tactics. Recent events include British climbers using xenon gas to ascend Everest quickly and Faith Kipyegon's planned attempt to break the four-minute mile barrier with controversial pacing. These instances reveal ongoing tensions over fair play and the evolution of human limits in sports.
A month later, a young British medical trainee named Roger Bannister just missed running the first sub-four-minute mile, another long-standing barrier sometimes dubbed "Everest on the track."
Both initiatives are, by any measure, remarkable feats of human ingenuity and endurance. They're also making people very angry.
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