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1922 British Mt Everest Expedition - Norton and Mallory1922 British Mount Everest Expedition - Major Edward " Teddy" F. Norton (1884-1954) and George Herbert Leigh Mallory (1886-1924) at nearly 27, 000 feet. Date: 1922
Mallory and Irvine at the Second Step, Everest, 1924Illustration showing an artists impression of George Leigh Mallory (top) and Andrew Irvine climbing up the Second Step on Everest, 1924
Hillary and Tensing Bhutia conquering EverestFront cover of The Illustrated London News showing Sir Edmund Hillary together with Sherpa Tensing Bhutia reaching the summit of Mount Everest on May 29 1953
Edmund Hillary & TensingSir Edmund Hillary with Tenzing Norgay after their successful attempt to scale Mount Everest in Nepal on 29th May 1953. The legendary mountaineer died in January 2008
Everest 1924 Group1924 EVEREST EXPEDITION Colonel Norton, the leader (3rd from left) between Irving (L) and Mallory (R) the two climbers who died near the summit
Annie Peck masked and dressed for climbingAnnie Smith Peck (October 19, 1850 July 18, 1935), American mountaineer pictured in her climbing outfit at the time she had scaled Mount Huascan
Dorothy Pilley, English climber in Glacier National ParkDorothy Pilley Richards (1894 - 1986) was a prominent female mountaineer. She began climbing in Wales and joined the Fell and Rock Climbing Club
Hillary and Tensing on Mount EverestHillary and Tensing nearing the summit of Mount Everest. Date: 1953
Napes NeedleRock climbers larking about on Napes Needle, Great Gable, Lake District, Cumbria, England. Date: 1950s
George Leigh Mallory (1886-1924)Photographic portrait of George Leigh Mallory, the British climber who took part in three expeditions to Everest in the 1920 s, pictured in 1924
Climbers on Chomolhari, Bhutan, May 1937Photograph showing two climbers on the 24, 000 ft. Himalayan mountain Chomolhari, near Phari Dzong, Bhutan, 20th May 1937. The photograph, taken by F. Spencer Chapman, shows C.E
Collecting Eggs at Flamborough HeadCollecting seagulls eggs at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. A traditional practice for farmers whose land adjoined the cliff edge
Scottish MountainsThe mass of Cairntoull, one of the Cairngorm range of mountains, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This mountain hut is for climbers, near Devils Point, in Glen Dee. Date: 1960s
The Barbarine - first climbed 1905 - GermanyThe Barbarine - the best-known, free-standing rock formation in the German part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. The pinnacle is the symbol of Saxon Switzerland
Climbers on the Pillar Rock, Ennerdale, Cumbria, 1912Photograph of two climbers tackling the North-East face of the Pillar Rock, Ennerdale in Cumbria, 1912. In this image, one can see the climbing equipment of the day; which appears to amount to stout
Ascent Mont Blanc - 3THE ASCENT OF MONT BLANC One of the most difficult parts of the climb - the snow turns to ice and the climbers must cut foot-holes in order to retain a footing
Climbing / Alps / NadelhornFive climbers contemplate the daunting peak of the Nadelhorn (Switzerland), from their vantage point on the Ulrichshorn
Ascent Mont Blanc - 2THE ASCENT OF MONT BLANC Leaving the Grands Mulets, the climbers separate, only the more experienced going on to the summit
Fell walkers on Striding Edge leading to Helvellyn, Lake District, Cumbria, England
Mont Blanc Massif - French Alps - Chamonix - The Plan Praz Terrace (2064m altitude.) Date: circa 1910s
1922 British Mount Everest Expedition - The Camp at 23, 000 feet on the North Col of the mountain. Date: 1922
Climbers on Mer de Glace, Mont Blanc, France Date: late 19th century
Climbers (tourists) on Mont Blanc, Victorian period Date: late 19th century
Tourist climbers, Grindelwald, Switzerland, Victorian period
Tourist climbers of the Mer de Glace, Mont Blanc, Victorian period
Victorian climbers approaching a crevasse
Climbers and a crevasse
Climbers, Mer de Glace, Mont Blanc
Mer de Glace, Chamonix, Victorian period
Mer de Glace, Mont Blanc, Victorian period
A crevasse, Rhone Glacier, Furka Pass, Alps
The Matterhorn, Victorian period, hand coloured photo
Crossing the Rhone Glacier in the Furka Pass, Victorian period, hand coloured photo
Climbers on Mont Blanc, hand coloured photoClimbers on Mont Blanc, Victorian period, hand coloured photo
Climbing The Needle Great Gable Lake District Victorian period
Climbing Skew Gill Victorian period Date: 19th century
Climbing Scawfell Hand Traverse Victorian period Date: 19th century
Climbing Scawfell Deep Ghyll Victorian period Date: 19th century
Climbing Scawfell Pinnacle Victorian period Date: 19th century
Climbing Great Gable Eagle's Nest Arete Victorian period Date: 19th century
Climbing in the French Alps, Victorian period
Summit of Mount Snowden Victorian period
Women rock climbing in the Lake District
A hiking party in Switzerland, roped together for safety. Date: circa 1910
Hill Climbers, Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria, EnglandHill Climbers (Abraham Brothers - George and Ashley), climbing near Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria, England. They made a photographic record of the exploits of many of the climbing pioneers
Mont BlancA climber on the arete du Rochefort, Mont Blanc. The image is reproduced from a book of photographic studies entitled Haute Montagne'. Date: circa 1931
Climbing a Serac in the AlpsA surreal image of climbers ascending an ice pinnacle or serac in the Alps. Picture postcards were used as one of the early expressions of the Surrealist movement Date: 1904
TWO CLIMBERS DIE IN ALPSTwo Milanese climbers die when they fall on the Alpe del Delfinato Date: July 1907
Climbing the Geyenstein, SaxonyMen climbing the frowning summit of the Geyenstein in Saxony, Germany. 1928
Mountain Climber Date: 1948
MONT BLANC SNOW BRIDGEA snow bridge on Mont Blanc, with climbers breakfasting on it! Date: c1860
Switzerland - summit of Vrenelisgartli - Glarnisch massifMountaineers at the summit of Vrenelisgartli - one of the peaks of the Glarnisch mountain massif of the Schwyz Alps, overlooking the valley of the Linth in the Swiss canton of Glarus, Switzerland
Climbers at the peak of a mountain in the Churfirsten range in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Date: circa 1910s
Picnic on the summit of a Swiss Alpine peak. Date: circa 1910s
Scawfell Lake District climbers Victorian period
Rock climbing at Bosigran, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s
K2 mountaineers - Lacedelli & CompagnoniLino Lacedelli (1925 - 2009) on the left, alongside Achille Compagnoni (1914 - 2009), the two climbers who made the first successful ascent to the summit of K2 on 31 July 1954
Animals of Mount Everest, 1924Illustration showing Mount Everest and the wildlife seen there in 1924. The highest permanent human habitation was at 17, 000 feet; the highest plant-life about 18
Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover, The Alien RoomTHE ALIEN ROOM - Climbers find a spaceship on Everest - they enter it, one of them presses a button and whoosh ! off to Outer Space !
Flowering shrubsA variety of flowering shrubs and bushes including roses, rhododendrons and honeysuckle. Date: 1930
Crossing a Crevasse - Climbing Mont Blanc, FranceCrossing a Crevasse with ladders - Climbing Mont Blanc, France. Date: circa 1905
Norway - Briksdalsbreen Glacier Date: circa 1910s
Climbing Mont Blanc - Chamonix - La Cabanne Vallot Date: 1927
Rock climbing near Porthcurno, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s
Scez, Val D isereA party of climbers at Spez in the Val d Isere. Date: 1837
The Summit of White Pass, Alaska - Two flagsThe Summit of White Pass, Alaska - Under two flags. White Pass is a mountain pass through the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains on the border of the US state of Alaska
Alpinism at the beggining of 20th c
King Gustav & GuestsGUSTAV V, KING OF SWEDEN (1912-1950), chatting to a gathering of ladies and gentlemen after a tennis match. Date: 1858 - 1950
Romania - Mount CaraimanAn outcrop of rocks on Mount Caraiman (at a height of 2500 metres). The mountain overlooks the town of Busteni sitting in the deep valley below. Date: 1901
Cairmgorms SummitA family on the rocky summit of one of the Caingorm range of mountains, Scotland. Date: 1960s
Commer CharabancThese Commer chassis are splendid hill climbers and very useful in hilly and difficult country. Date: 1914
Glacier PeakClimbers reach the peak of a glacier. Date: 1930s
Langdale PikesHardy climbers on snowy summits of Langdale Pikes, Cumbria, Lake District, England Date: 1950s
Thorpe CloudClimbers on the slopes of Thorpe Cloud (900 feet high), looking towards Thorpe Village, Derbyshire, England. Date: early 1960s
Cow & Calf Rocks, Ilkley, Yorkshire, England. These rocks are well known landmarks, the size being indicated by the climbers at the top. Date: 1950s
Jungfrau Mountain AllegoryA stylised (and rather bizarre) view of the Jungfrau Mountain, depicted as... a Jungfrau! Date: 1908
Derbyshire ClimbingTwo climbers make their way up a steep rockface. Date: 1950s
K2 ConqueredAn Italian expedition finally succeeded in ascending to the Himalayan summit of K2, the worlds second highest mountain, on July 31, 1954
The ascention of an Ice Pillar, SwitzerlandThe ascention of an Ice Pillar (formed by the intersection of crevasses), Switzerland
The Crevasse by Alfred BestallIllustration by Alfred Bestall showing mountain climbers at the edge of a steep crevasse
Chapel / Ightham MoteThe Chapel doorway of the moated manor house of Ightham Mote, Kent dating from the 1340s. Through a passageway in the building a bridge over the moat can be seen
Climbing : LA MeijeTwo climbers are photographed as they ascend La Meije, in the Alpes Francaises
Climbing, Alps (Photo)Three victorious climbers are photographed - from a considerable distance ! - by one of their companions
Climbers Pause for LoveTwo climbers pause for amorous refreshment on a mountainside
