Mount Everest South base camp, in front of the Khumbu Glacier, 1969

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Base camp, Mount Everest. with the Himalayas and the Khumbu Glacier in the background in February 1969. There are only two tents pitched at the camp, which is clean and tidy, for one expedition. Smoke is rising from a cooking fire. This picture was taken before the era of mass tourism and before the mountain became despoiled by waste.

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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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