#mountaneering

[zingaplanet]

Here's your incredible friendship story of the day:

In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first two people to ever summit the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest. Before the commercialised hiking expeditions of the 21st century, Hillary and Norgay had to make the climb without a pre-fixed route, discovering their own path to the top (one of which later became known as the Hillary Step in the Everest climbing trail).

The pair did not know each other well beforehand but met through their mountaneering peers. Norgay (a sherpa, Himalayan locals well-known for their mountaneering prowess) apparently made a lasting first impression on Hillary due to his incredible mountaneering skills, patience, complete with his "flashing, irresistible smile".

In one ocassion during their few earlier expeditions together, Hillary stepped on a crumbling ice and almost fell to his death before Norgay saved his life. This made him determined to ask Norgay to be his partner for his Everest Summit expedition.

Amongst other members of the expedition, their pairing became the first one who were successful, reaching the highest point on Earth at 11:30 a.m. on May 29, 1953.

At the top, Hillary hilarously recalled extending his hand to shake Tenzing's hand in "a good Anglo-Saxon fashion," but his Nepalese-Indian friend jumped him on the back and gave him a massive hug instead. As he said, it was the “great moment for which I had waited all my life, [...] I waved my arms in the air and then threw them around Hillary, and we thumped each other on the back until, even with the oxygen, we were almost breathless!”.

But beyond this monumental achievement, the gentlemen's agreement they made at the top was perhaps an equally impressive commitment.

Being the only people in the world who were present, Norgay and Hillary made a promise to present their a success as a joint effort. Both countrymen were under international pressure to divulge who was actually the first to step foot on the summit. Despite the rising colonial tension at the times, both Norgay and Hillary refused to say anything other than they reached the summit together as a team, carrying the secret to their deathbeds.

After Everest, Hillary devoted his life to assisting the overlooked sherpa people of Nepal. He established the Himalayan Trust, constructing many schools and hospitals in Nepal. Norgay continued to climb mountains all over the world for the rest of his life and died in his beloved Himalayas.

Hillary and Norgay remained lifelong friends, bonded for life. When Tenzing Norgay died in India in 1986, the country was in a massive political turmoil and all the streets in Darjeeling were closed due to confrontations with Nepalese separatists.

Edmund Hillary was the only foreigner allowed to enter the region, as reporters recounted how protesters parted ways to enable him to pay respects to his old friend.

In 2003, their sons Peter Hillary and Jamling Norgay climbed Everest together, celebrating the 50th anniversary of their fathers' memorable climb that changed the world forever.

[motocrunch]

Mountains don't judge, but they do a hell of a job at healing on two wheels.

[ainohikari]

Incredible sky

[pamietniko]

hiking in a heat wave

Snow Lake, Washington

[wonderful-emoji]

[firstservepercentage]

why are we getting new fedal content and (potentially) new novandy last dance in 1day. is the current ATP so miserable that we need to go back to the early-mid 2010s era

i would very much like that tho

[alteredstatesstuff]

mountain valley

[trainalt22]

TW: DEATH, IMPLIED DEATH, BLOOD

The following information was retrieved from a burning house near Skarloey it is believed the owner of the house [REDACTED] was a well-respected railway historian and former curator of the NRM They were believed to be in possession of the fabled lamp of Proteus

May 1st 2011

I found it! It's real the lamp really is real this is astonishing I've been hunting this relic for years the Lamp of Proteus

According to the stories Proteus was one of the most accomplished guardians of all time. While the legends about his time as a guardian are scattered and scarce, it is known that he became corrupted by his own arrogance and pride. He disobeyed orders, even from the Lady herself. After he became a guardian, he developed a disdain for humans and didn't return to his railway to maintain his cover from the railway's perspective. He just disappeared.

Proteus often felt that guardians should get the credit they deserved instead of working from the shadows. This argument boiled over, and he attempted to strike the Lady, but she deflected it at the last moment. The ensuing battle was a massacre. Proteus made short work of his fellow guardians, gaining their power as he stole their souls. The battle lasted for days, and by the end, almost all the guardians and conductors were dead.

The battle culminated at the peak of a mountain where the two would trade blows for hours. Proteus's killing of the guardians made his power rival the Lady's. However, she managed to strip his soul from his physical form and imprison it into a railway lamp. The Lady herself was beaten to the point of exhaustion.

Proteus's lamp, however, simply vanished. It has been rumored to grant wishes to those who can solve a riddle, at the risk of Proteus taking your soul if you get it wrong. It is also said that Proteus is responsible for making rolling stock sentient. While there is little proof of this, it would make sense for him to cause mayhem for Lady's children.

And now his power is mine i almost can't contain my excitement I am more than capable of whatever riddle that old kettle could throw at me.

On the next page was just one phrase repeatedly filling up the entier page written in what was later determined to be blood the phrase was "I'm sorry" the blood was a match to [REDACTED] his family was notified of his death

[kiichilog]

2023.9.17 白錫尾根 男体山が大雲海に浮かぶ島のようでした

[anpansidequest]

so...shokupanman and creampanda are the only (main) bread characters not made by uncle jam

so...who made them?

[patchesjam]

I never really posted many photos but poland was a gorgeous country and I miss walking in the south there a lot :)

[zingaplanet]

Not usually one for personal posting but I did some fucking amazing hiking trails today and I thought y'all should see it 🏔!

[xbohemiangypsiesx]

[c10v3r]

you little bitch. /J/J/J

HOW DARE YOU. paintbrush in season thtee makes me so sad leave them alone theyre going through so much

ALSO FISHB GIRLFRIEM she finds pretty rocks in the ocean and gives the.m to painty -💫

ahee hee giggle !!!!! (i am so depressed about season 3 paintbrush)

ALSO I REALLY WANTRD TO DRAW THAT OUM. THEYRE SO EVRYRHTING

[fumitori-forced-me]

fumi[]

[scotianostra]

Stuc a Chroin and Ben Vorlich from Stirling Castle.