Sherpas at the South base camp, Mount Everest, 1969

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Sherpa on a trek to the base camp beneath Mount Everest in 1969. At the time, expeditions to Mount Everest were still relatively rare and the mountains were clean and empty.

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Size: 5400px × 3600px
Location: Mount Everest, Nepal
Photo credit: © Duncan Slater / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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