Everest Climbing Gear—Then and Now, gallery, National Geographic-Apple

The same route but many technological revolutions later:

Gallery:

http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/everest/gear-edmund-hillary-hilaree-oneill/#/apple-iphone4-phone_49828_600x450.jpg

Field Test: On Everest: Dispatches from the roof of the world:

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/everest