50 Year Anniversary Of Conquest Of Mount Everest

GOKYO- KHUMBU HIMAL,NEPAL: Tibetan prayer flags blow in the wind surrounded by views of Mount Everest and the surrounding peaks of the Khumbu Himal from the adjacent Gokyo Ri peak in this undated file photo. A record 1,000 climbers plan assaults on the summit as mountaineers celebrate the 50-year anniversary of the conquest of Everest on May 29, 2003. Since Sir Edmund Hillary climbed Everest in May 1953, 1,200 men and women from 63 countries have summited the mountain. (File photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)