Summiting Everest: How a Photograph Celebrates Teamwork at the Top of the World

Summiting Everest: How a Photograph Celebrates Teamwork at the Top of the World — page 7
27,900 feet and there at 3 o’clock in the afternoon George Lowe Ang Nyima and I turned to go down leaving Ed Hillary and Tenzing to their lonely vigil of the night of May 28th Hillary left and Norgay moments before being left alone on the mountain But Gregory does not mention something else he did before heading down the mountain He pulled a small camera from under his down suit and snapped a quick picture Hillary and Norgay on the rocky slope of Everest the Himalayas spread behind them in all their vast snowy glory It was the highest any photographer had ever taken a picture For six weeks the team had been alone in the hidden world of Everest Only they had seen the dangerous beauty of the deep-blue ice crevasses and the brilliant sun reflecting off