Mount Everest Ascent
May 29, 2008 in
Google
Today Google celebrates the first ascent of man on Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain.
Mount Everest, which stands at 8848metres, was first conquered by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay at 11:30 am May 29, 1953. The pair were part of a two pair expedition aiming to conquer the peak.
Tom Bourdillon and Charles Evans, the first pair, came to within 100 meters of the summit but had to turn back due to exhaustion. Their work wasn’t in vain though, as their route finding and trail breaking paved the way for Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
Tenzing Norgay revealed that Edmund Hillary was the first to actually put his foot on the summit.
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