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Last spring en route to Mount Everest, Hilaree O’Neill, a ski-mountaineer from Colorado who was part of our 2012 Everest expedition, trekked the same valleys and worked up to Base Camp just as Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay did 60 years ago when the duo claimed the first ascent. But on the mountain, fortunately, O'Neill did not use the antiquated gear—think woolen suits and wood-handled ice axes—that Hillary hauled. In this gallery, we take a look at the equipment Hillary and Norgay used George Mallory, Vintage Climbing, Arctic Explorers, Monte Everest, Mt Everest, Climbing Gear, Mountain Climbers, Ice Climbing, Koh Tao
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Everest Climbing Gear—Then and Now - National Geographic

Last spring en route to Mount Everest, Hilaree O’Neill, a ski-mountaineer from Colorado who was part of our 2012 Everest expedition, trekked the same valleys and worked up to Base Camp just as Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay did 60 years ago when the duo claimed the first ascent. But on the mountain, fortunately, O'Neill did not use the antiquated gear—think woolen suits and wood-handled ice axes—that Hillary hauled. In this gallery, we take a look at the equipment Hillary and Norgay…

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Ice mask, C.T. MadiganThe exploration of new lands established precedence to claims, formalised in 1936 as the Australian Antarctic Territory. Ice Mask, Photos Rares, Australian Photographers, Post Mortem, South Pole, Rare Photos, Vintage Photographs, Vintage Photography, Historical Photos
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A snapshot of Mawson's Antarctica expedition – in pictures

The geologist and explorer Douglas Mawson led the Australasian Antarctic Expedition from 1911 to 1914. Comprising 31 men, including photographer Frank Hurley, it charted large segments of the east Antarctic coastline, and investigated sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island and the Southern Ocean. The party arrived at Commonwealth Bay in March 1912. Mawson lost two men – Belgrave Ninnis and Xavier Mertz – on an expedition to map part of the coastline, but survived an epic return journey alone to the…

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