A Photo Essay on Mount Everest

Everest has always been a magnet for kooks, publicity seekers, hopeless romantics, and others with a shaky hold on reality

Curated By: Forbes India Photo Team

Published: May 27, 2013

Image by : Royal Geographical Society

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Tenzing Norgay on the summit of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953 ( Photographs courtesy
Roli Books, from the new book, Incredible Ascents to Everest by Sumathi Nagrath)

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