Expeditions - Explorers
Mar. 03, 1953 - The latest British Expedition to Mount Everest is on the way to their base at Namche Bazaar which is 160 miles from Bhatgaon, at the foot of the mountain. They were accompanied to Namche Bazaar by men and women - native partners - all carrying 40 pound bundles. Everest is so for unconquered - and in their attempt, whether it is successful or not, the expedition members will suffers extreme hardships - pain, exhaustion, frost bite, possible loas of limbs or the prospect of life long injury. To conquer the mountain they must live in air so thin that even walking is agony. Keystone Photo Shows: Some of the expedition porters with their loads, moving off from Bhatgaon, which was the temporary supply headquarters of the expedition
