Arguably Mount Everest has always been mediatized: its appeal as an idea has existed in part through technologies of visual cultures. Exploring the digital media practices of tourists and the tourism workers, this article considers how imaginaries of Mount Everest that appear through technologies of visual culture relate to experiences of Everest in Nepal. I argue for a composite visual ethnographic approach that entails examining experiences on site in relation to cumulative media and visual texts, both historically and on digital media platforms. The article contributes to an anthropology of mobility through its focus on how digital visual communication becomes constitutive of work and practices in tourism.

可以说，珠穆朗玛峰一直被媒介化：它作为一种想法的吸引力部分通过视觉文化技术而存在。本文探讨了游客和旅游工作者的数字媒体实践，探讨了通过视觉文化技术呈现的珠穆朗玛峰想象与尼泊尔珠穆朗玛峰的体验之间的关系。我主张一种复合的视觉民族志方法，该方法需要检查与累积媒体和视觉文本相关的现场体验，包括历史上和数字媒体平台上的体验。这篇文章通过关注数字视觉交流如何成为旅游工作和实践的组成部分，为流动人类学做出了贡献。