Sir Edmund Hillary, on Challenges and Climbing Mount Everest with Tenzing Norgay

May 29 will mark the 61st anniversary of Edmund Hillary's historic summit of Mount Everest. In the waining months of 1991 the American Academy of Achievement conducted an interview with Sir Edmund Hillary about his historic 1953 climb entitled From Beekeeper to World Explorer. Watch the excerpt below to hear several challenges of being a trail blazer to the top of the world and about how he wouldn't have made it without Tenzing Norgay, his sherpa guide.

This climb season Jim Geiger went to Everest to attempt to be the oldest American to summit the tallest peak. When he got back at the beginning of the month he had this to say about the deadliest avalanche that killed 16 Sherpa.

Mission

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Nikon vs. Canon

So many times I hear people ask, "What gear do you use?" What they are really asking is if I am a Canonite or Nikonian. I look at my gear as tools. And currently I shoot with a variety of tools, some of which you can see above. It depends on the look I'm going for. A polaroid will have a completely different look from an SLR. A TLR 6x6 square on film will look very different from a DSLR. My dad's Minolta will feel very different than a Holga. A studio portrait will look very different than street photography. Stories shouldn't be limited to one medium, one format, one method. A story can take on different facets that amount to a larger whole.

If you're shooting on your DSLR and you've only shot within that format, consider stepping out of your comfort zone and developing a knack for a historic photographic process like cyanotype or tintype. My next photographic goal: copperplate photogravure.