Rare slides sold at auction reveal scenes from 1922 British Everest Expedition
THESE days climbing Everest is a bit old hat. Don’t get me wrong – people still die in the attempt and it is a massive achievement – but more than 4000 people have climbed the world’s highest mountain since it was first conquered in 1953 by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
Some 641 climbed it last year alone, and this month newspapers reported that Min Bahadur Sherchan, w…