Mount everst

The photograph of Tenzing Norgay taken by Edmund Hillary on Everest's summit on has become an iconic image, exemplifying ideas of success and achievement. Although Everest was photographed from the Indian borders during the century, it was not until that the first expedition to the mountain took place. Its members, including George Mallory , extensively photographed the mountain, its surroundings, and the local Tibetan people, and General Wheeler's accompanying photographic survey party photographed and mapped the Everest region.
The British monopolized access to the mountain until , and images taken by members of various expeditions, including A. F. R. Wollaston , Eric Shipton , and Alfred Gregory , are held at the Royal Geographical Society.On may a team led by Colonel L. V. S. Blacker , in two Westland biplanes, took black and white and infrared photographs, and cine-film, during the first flight over Everest. Two special Williamson Eagle cameras were used, protected by electrically heated jackets. Later RAF pictures of the mountain's flanks, made in the ,

Provided vital clues to how it could be climbed from the south side, and were used by John Hunt's team in its successful ascent in .Contemporary photographers like David Breashears and climbers such as Doug Scott and Reinhold Messner have continued to record their experiences of Everest with the camera. Today, digital images are taken and downloaded immediately to websites to acquaint interested parties, especially sponsors, with an expedition's every move.

Peak, on the border of Tibet and Nepal, in the central Himalayas. It is the highest elevation in the world. Called Chomolungma or Qomolangma Mother Goddess of the Land by Tibetans and Sagarmatha head of the sea by Nepalis, it is named in English for the surveyor Sir George Everest. It was first climbed on May , when Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal reached the summit. The body of George H. L. Mallory, who died in an earlier attempt , was found on the mountain in .