Everest Anniversary - First Ascent 60 Years Ago Today

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jeremy27
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Everest Anniversary - First Ascent 60 Years Ago Today

Post by jeremy27 »

To celebrate the anniversary of the Hillary/Norgay first ascent of Everest I thought I would post a link to the relevant Time magazine article, available on Google Books. Skip to page 120 or scroll through all the ads for a couple laughs. Enjoy.
http://books.google.com/books?id=ZEIEAA ... ry_r&cad=0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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"My ears are burning, Whitey"

"They're talking about us again, Blackie"

:lol: :-" :lol:
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Post by dannymiller15 »

This is very cool. Thanks for posting.
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