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Mount Everest: 360 degree panorama from the top
Everest helicopter crash kills two: This year a record number of climbers are traveling to the area hoping to follow in the footsteps of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay 50 years ago.
Since the two first conquered Everest on May 29, 1953, it has been climbed by more than 1,300 people.
About 175 climbers have died on its unpredictable slopes.
Conquest of Everest: The Role of the Sherpa: In the 50 years since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to climb Mount Everest, about 1,200 people have followed them to world's highest point. One third of those climbers have been Sherpas, ethnic Nepalis who have lived in the shadow of Mount Everest for centuries. Many Sherpas say their contribution the trek up the mountain has never been fully recognized.