TIME Photo Essay: Everest, On Top of the World

SIR EDMUND HILLARY/ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY

THE PRIZE Simply by being there, a Himalayan peak posed the ultimate challlenge to a bee farmer named Edmund Hilary and a sherpa named Tenzing Norgay

Everest
On Top of the World

Shackleton
Voyage of Endurance

The Moon
The Eagle Has Landed

Interview with Sir Edmund Hilary

The Race to the North Pole

The Story of Everest

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