Sir Edmund Hillary: First Ascent of Mount Everest

In 1953, the explorer from New Zealand and his climbing partner Tenzing Norgay achieved the impossible by reaching the top of the world's highest peak Sir Edmund Hillary: First Ascent of Mount Everest
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Climbing Partners
Hillary and Norgay were part of a Royal Geographic Society (RGS) expedition. Though many mountaineers had preceded them in the attempt, none had succeeded in reaching the top and many had died in the process.

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