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Great Makalus, Nepal, 1963

"Makalu, flanked by its subsidiary, Makalu II, dominates the scene. At left, Tibet's 25,640-foot [7,815-meter] Chomo Lonzo looks across to the Kanchenjunga Massif, which armors the border between Nepal and Sikkim [India]. On the distant right, India's hot, dry plains appear dimly beyond the clouds."

—From “How We Climbed Everest,” October 1963, National Geographic magazine

Photograph by Barry C. Bishop