Exhibition in Southern California showcases Mount Qomolangma's illustrious history

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Exhibition in Southern California showcases Mount Qomolangma's illustrious history

STORY: Exhibition in Southern California showcases Mount Qomolangma's illustrious history DATELINE: May 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, U.S. CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exhibition STORYLINE: From the climbing rope found with the remains of British mountaineer George Mallory, who took part in the first British expeditions to Mount Qomolangma in the early 1920s, to one of the first oxygen sets ever employed in high-altitude climbing, an exhibition being held in Bowers Museum in U.S. Southern California takes visitors on an epic journey to Mount Qomolangma. The exhibition combines photographs, films and artifacts from five expeditions leading up to the earliest successful attempt to climb the highest mountain in the world in 1953. Bowers Museum partners with The Royal Geographical Society in London to present the exhibition, showcasing the illustrious history of Mount Qomolangma and changing technologies of the initial attempts to climb the mountain. This exhibiti

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