Everest - Getting to the Top

submitted by King on 01/25/15 1

50 years ago, James Whittaker, accompanied by Sherpa Nawang Gombu, became the first American to reach the summit of Everest by climbing the Southeast Ridge, the same route pioneered in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. Today, hundreds of climbers each season brave crevasses, crowds, and corpses to make it to the top of Everest. Click here to read the article ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/06/125-everest-maxed-out/jenkins-text

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