During the British Mount Everest expeditions of the 1920's, the British teams were the only climbers on the mountain at the time, they saw no other climbers.
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The only other climbers Ed Hillary saw where those of his team and there was no other expedition on the mountain at the same time.
Today, there would be lots of climbers, sometimes many hundreds heading for the summit of Mount Everest at the same time.
The climbers on Mount Everest during the 1920's expeditions only saw there team mates as there were no other people on the mountain at the same time
They will see prayer flags, other climbers sat down or taking photos and there is no higher they can climb.
20 people came to climb mount Everest
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A few of the most popular songs in the 1920s was Sonny Boy, See See Rider Blues, and King Porter Stomp. The most popular type of music during the 1920s was jazz.
The only people Mallory and Irvine saw while climbing on Mount Everest were there team mates, there was no one else on the mountain
In the Spring of 1975 when Junko Tabei was on Mount Everest there were only her team from Japan and one other team from China. She would had seen members from both teams while on the mountain.
Nearly all climbers on Mount Everest see other team members or members from different teams. They all camp in the same place, climb the same route etc.