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It was, ironically, repeated failures which gave the mountain real stature. Mount Everest's peak in morning light","internal": Here, though, it is just the starting point. Download mount everest videos Everest base camp","internal": Shifting ice exposes new crevasses with little warning, making the Khumbu Icefall the most dangerous section of a southern Everest ascent. A view straight down into a Mount Everest crevasse","internal": The constantly shifting Khumbu Icefall is like a bunch of ice cubes continually tumbling down the icy mountain wall," said photographer Bobby Model about this image.

Climber crossing Khumbu Icefall on ladder","internal": The Sherpa have played crucial roles as guides, porters, and climbing partners on nearly every Everest climb in history. Nepalese lama conducts religious ceremony","internal": Howkins went on to become the first woman to successfully climb K2, the second highest peak behind Everest and a much more difficult mountain to climb.

Everest climber Heidi Howkins in her tent","internal": See photos of climbing Mount Everest, as selected by National Download mount everest videos editors. Follow Nat Geo Travel.

A Sherpa crossing the Khumbu Icefall","internal": Occasional pops and groans remind climbers that the glacier is constantly shifting beneath them, a treacherous surface not to be trusted. Man climbing a glacier ladder on Everest","internal": When a Sherpa family builds a home here, all the materials must be carried up from the valley on the backs of people and yaks. Young Sherpa girl herding yaks","internal": Stone memorial on Mount Everest","internal": The treacherous Khumbu Icefall has taken the lives of many climbers on their first day as they head to their first camp.