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Everest Porters, Mount Everest, Nepal, 1963

"A massive spring expedition sponsored in part by the National Geographic Society requires more than 900 porters (pictured) to carry 27 tons of supplies to Base Camp in Nepal."

—From "Everest's Greatest Hits," May 2003, National Geographic magazine

Photograph by Barry C. Bishop

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