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.
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Everest Anniversary - First Ascent 60 Years Ago Today
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This is very cool. Thanks for posting.