ocr: conjures up all manner of strange desires or horrifying apparitions." PETER HABELER, 1979 Mde Rt CNT wtou SURIMENOHAY OMSEN - - - 1 AI - into the clouds near the summit, never to be scen again. The pair were immortalized by the British press, adding a layer of mystery to the Everest myth. By the time Tenzing Norgay and Hillary became the first climbers to reach the summit, on May 29, 1953, the Everest story had taken on the hoopla of an inter- national race for the "third pole." Ten expeditions had failed, and 13 men had died. The year before, Tenzing and a Swiss climber had been forced to tur ...
