Avoid hypoxia...

and vicariously tag along with Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on their successful conquest of Mount Everest in 1953 in this historic documentary film.  And remember, this was achieved well before today's lightweight alpine gear and Gore-Tex.

Wise words...

You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things — to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated.

— Sir Edmund Hillary

An image of Earth...

from space showing the Himalaya Mountains (click to enlarge.) Mt. Everest, the tallest peak on Earth at 29,035 feet (8,848 m), is in the center of the image and was first climbed in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal.

Interesting geologic note: The summits of the highest peaks are composed of fossiliferous ocean floor limestone, remnants of the closing Tethys Sea during the collision of the Indian subcontinent with Eurasia.

Image credit: NASA