Articles in this magazine are as follows:
Everest: 50 Years and Counting. The world hasn’t been the same since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay stepped onto Mount Everest’s snowy peak on May 29, 1953. More than a six thousand climbers have followed them to the summit. Over 300 others have perished in the attempt.
Everest 50: Everest’s Greatest Hits: An illustrated history spanning 150 years of mountain milestones.
Everest 50: Altitude and the Death Zone: Above 26,000 feet the human body starts to shut down.
Everest 50: Not Your Average Hero: Why a beekeeper from New Zealand was the right man for the job.
Everest 50: Sir Edmund Remembers, by Sir Edmund Hillary. Which accomplishment gives him the greatest pride? Surprise: It’s not the climb.
Everest 50: The Sherpas. It’s their mountain, and ever since tourists started pouring in, it’s their livelihood too.
Other articles included with this complete issue of Nat Geo Magazine.
Mayflies (With just hours to live, these swarming insects on Hungary’s Tisza River have only one thing on their minds.)
High Stakes in the Bluegrass (Million-dollar miscarriages have Kentucky horse breeders running scared.)
Aguateca (Under enemy attack, a Maya king and his courtiers fled their city, leaving astonishing pieces of their lives behind.)
Zip USA: 48222 (Great Lakes Mail Boat J. W. Westcott II) (Mail call afloat on the Great Lakes.)
The full color two sided 20''x31'' Mount Everest Map and poster.
This ssue of Nat Geo was originally sent to subscribers with a 20''x31'' two sided, full color, map of the Everest Region and a 3D quality view of Everest from high altitude with routes and other features marked. We are including a copy of the rare map and poster with our issues of the magazine.
To show a nice closeup image of the poster, the above close-up image shows only 38% of this entire side of the Mount Everest Poster and Map.
To show a nice closeup image of the Map and Poster, the above close-up image shows only 13% of this entire side of the Mount Everest Poster and Map.