When Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Everest at 11.30am on May 29th 1953, it was a culmination of over 30 years of British expeditions to the mountain. We hold more than 20,000 photographs, as well as maps, archive documents and artefacts relating to the nine British expeditions. From George Mallory’s exploits in the 1920s, through Eric Shipton’s efforts in the ‘30s to the iconic images of the 1953 expedition led by John Hunt, the collection stands as a record of the key moments in British mountaineering history. Everest continues to be a massive draw to mountaineers from all over the world.