Highlights a mountain climbing expedition, led by Sir Edmund Hillary, conquerer of Mt. Everest, to the top of Mt. Taweche. Men rappelling down a mountain. Children in line at a tent, receiving books. Long shot of a climbing party walking up a low incline. A wide shot of a snowy mountain. A long shot of a man outside a tent in the snow, playing with a dog. Sherpas drying quilts on rocks. Ropes and other climbing gear lying on snow. A man exits a tent, and the camera pans up the mountain. Men with fully loaded backpacks start walking up the mountain. Long shot of a tent. Panning shot up the mountain. A man uses a pick-axe to climb a steep snowy crevasse, chipping away at the snow.