A mountain of memories


Where dreams are made: Mohandas showing the gloves he wore while climbing the summit of Mount Everest. The insulated suit he wore is stashed in the glass cupboard behind him.

YOU would think that reaching the summit of Mount Everest is the ultimate achievement for those who make it there. Especially if you create history for a country.

Datuk M. Magendran and Datuk N. Mohandas are names etched in history for being the first two Malaysians to successfully climb Mount Everest.

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