On 29 May 1953 at the age of 33, he and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.
Tenzing Norgay at the summit.
BBC news article.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Sir Edmund Hillary. 1919-2008.
On 29 May 1953 at the age of 33, he and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.
