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Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker leaving Advanced Base Camp on the final climb in 1982.

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Two climbers at sunrise on the north side of Everest very close to the summit.

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Anja Blacha poses on a snow slope on a mountain with the sky as background.

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Tyler Andrews in dawn jacket and baseball cap with a rock and ice wall behind.

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