The video details the first attempt to climb Mt. Everest is 1922 following a 1921 expedition that surveyed the mountain to determine the best route for the climb.
While today climbing Everest is a bit of a rich man's tourist trap, in 1922 it was a challenge in largely unknown Himalayan territory. They were to make three attempts to summit Everest, but each fell short, with their highest climb falling 2,000 feet short of the summit. The last ended in an avalanche that killed nine porters. Still, they learned valuable lessons on the expedition, the most important being the value of bottled oxygen. It is a very interesting video.
This is all very foreign to me. As a Florida resident our tallest mountain range is located in Disney World and features such awesome peaks as Space Mountain, Thunder Mountain, Splash Mountain, The Matterhorn, and Expedition Everest. You 'climb' them by riding in little cars, which seems preferable to me than having to hack out ice steps on the side of a cliff, although you will encounter such dangers as animatronic Yetis and the like.
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