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  1. The last residents of St Kilda were evacuated by their own request in 1930, bringing to an end about 4000 years of human occupation. It is one of the few World Heritage Sites to hold mixed status for its cultural & natural qualities.

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    #Scottish #history #Scotland #StKilda #Islands #WorldHeritageSite

  2. Statue of Tenzing Norgay with Everest & Lhotse just right of it and Taboche Peak to the left. #Sagarmatha National Park, UNESCO #WorldHeritageSite. Solukhumbu, #Nepal.

    Later this year, it's the 70th anniversary of the 1st climb of Mount #Everest made by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa & Sir Edmund Hillary during the 1953 British expedition led by John Hunt.

    Large view, licensed downloads & prints of this photo are available from my site on #PicFair: radekkucharski.picfair.com/pic

    #born2trek #mountaineering