The British climbs on Mount Everest in the 1920's brought a lot of publicity around the world. It was classed as the 'last pole', the North and South Poles had been reached, now all eyes were on Mount Everest. The climbs led to a film, newspaper articles and many books being published.
2012 was a bad year for publicity about Mount Everest due to 10 climbers losing there lifes while on the mountain.
Today you dont get much publicity for climbing Mount Everest unless: 1. You climbed by a new route 2. You are the youngest climber 3. You are the oldest climber 4. You have some kind of disability
Once Hillary and Tenzing reached the summit of Mount Everest it generated publicity from all over the world. Everyone wanted to know about the climb and its climbers.
The publicity generated from the 1953 Mount Everest Expedition was excellent. After Hillary and Norgay reached the summit the news went around the world.
Today the only time the public get to hear about Expeditions on Mount Everest is if there has been some sort of disaster like an avalanche or ice fall that has killed climbers.
Every year somebody climbs Mount Everest, the last person was the year, 2014.
not much just like today
Around 5,000 people from all over the world have reached the summit of Mount Everest to date.
Edmund Hillary. He is famous because he was the first person to climb it.
All expeditions that go to Mount Everest take there own portable generators with them which gives them electric at Base Camp.
Sun-Jo a tibetan native and his friend and climbing partner