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A Sherpa takes a break on the <n>Khumbu Icefall</n>. Photo by <n>Jimmy Chin</n> for <n>Outside Magazine</n>.

From <n>District Vision</n>'s Center for inner peace. Photo by <n>Bennet Perez</n>, styled by <n>Djuna Bel</n>.

Mountaineer <n>Chris Townsend</n> in a self-portrait from 1977.

Photo by <n>Alfred Gregory</n> of the <n>1953 British Mount Everest expedition</n> team at Camp IV.

Climbers queue on the <n>Hillary Step, Mount Everest</n> in 2012. Photo by <n>Ralf Dujmovits</n>.

<n>Rope team on the Bianco ridge</n>, Grisons, 1941. Photo by <n>Ernst A. Heiniger</n>.

Climbers including <n>A5</n> founder <n>John Middendorf</n> camp on Baffin Island. Photo by <n>Gordon Wiltsie</n> for <n>The North Face</n>.

Camp 1 on <n>Mount Cho Oyu</n> in 2006. Photo by <n>Jamie McGuinness</n>.

Collage by <n>Robert Whalley</n> over a 1978 photo from <n>SUMMIT Magazine</n> of <n>Chic Scott</n>.