Everest Base Camp at Khumbu, Nepal (© Kent Harvey/Tandem Stock)

【May 29 2013】This is the base camp in Khumbu, Nepal, where mountaineers prepare to climb Mount Everest via the southeast ridge. It was here that Edmund Hillary first established a route through the Khumbu Icefall, which he and his climbing partner Tenzing Norgay took before eventually reaching the summit of Everest 60 years ago today. Explore breathtaking Gallery from the HuluTrip homepage over the past 5 years..