Everest Summited!

[Tom Dunlap]

Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary made the first confirmed ascent of Everest.

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reach Everest summit | May 29, 1953 | HISTORY

Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa of Nepal, become the first explorers to reach the summit of Mount Everest, which at 29,035 feet above sea level is the highest point on earth.

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I was always hoping for Mallory to have been the first.

 

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