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Archive - May 29th 2023, 70 years since Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest 

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The 1953 British Mount Everest expedition was the ninth mountaineering expedition to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Edmund Hillary (1919-2008) was from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay (c. 1914-1989) was Nepali-Indian. 

Steve McCurry 1976

NEPAL. Kathmandu. 1976. Edmund Hillary standing with fur around... 

Hiroji Kubota 2001

Nepal. Mount Everest. 2001. 

Mark Power 1988

Nepal. Everest base camp trek. December 1988.

Jonas Bendiksen 2009

NEPAL. Sagarmatha National Park. 2009. Aerial overlooking parts... 

Mark Power 1988

Nepal. Khumbu glacier, the final leg of the Everest base camp... 

Mark Power 1988

Nepal. Khumbu glacier, the final leg of the Everest base camp... 

Mark Power 1988

Nepal. Khumbu glacier, the final leg of the Everest base camp... 

Mark Power 1988

Nepal. Khumbu glacier, the final leg of the Everest base camp... 

Mark Power 1988

Nepal. Tangboche. Monks from the monastery. Everest base camp... 

Mark Power 1988

Nepal. Namche Bazar. Everest base camp trek. December 1988.

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Mark Power 1988

Nepal. View from Kala Patar, the highest point (5545 metres)... 

Mark Power 1988

Nepal. Namche Bazar. Porters gather at dawn. Everest base camp... 

Mark Power 1988

Nepal. Namche Bazar. Porters gather at dawn. Everest base camp... 

Mark Power 1988

Nepal. Gokyo. Everest base camp trek. December 1988.

Mark Power 1988

Nepal. Tenboche Monastery. Everest base camp trek. This monastery,... 

Mark Power 1988

Nepal. Namche Bazar. Everest base camp trek. December 1988.

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Mark Power 1988

Nepal. Everest base camp trek. Monuments to sherpas and porters... 

Mark Power 1988

Nepal. Namche Bazar. Sherpa with photograph of a state visit... 

Hiroji Kubota 1968

Nepal. Bhaktapur. 1968. 

Mark Power 1988

Nepal. Mark Power on the Everest base camp trek. December 1988.

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Mark Power 1988

Nepal. Tangboche. Young monks from the monastery. Everest base... 

Mark Power 1988

Nepal. Bridge between Namche Bazar and Tenboche. Everest base... 

Mark Power 1988

Nepal. Porters near Namche Bazar. Everest base camp trek. December... 

Mark Power 1988

Nepal. Khumbu Glacier, the final leg of the Everest base camp... 

Mark Power 1988

Nepal. Everest base camp trek. Everest View hotel, at 3,840 metres... 

Mark Power 1988

Nepal. Everest base camp trek. December 1988.

Mark Power 1988

Nepal. Everest base camp trek. December 1988.

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