On May 29, 1953, at 11:30 a.m., Tenzing Norgay Sherpa from Nepal, and Edmund Hillary, a climber from New Zealand, become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth at 29,035 feet above sea level. After a sleepless night at 27,900 feet, the two, who were a member of a British expedition, launched their final attack on the summit. On June 2, word of their success spread throughout the world.
Asia's Great Himalayas are where Mount Everest is located, straddling the borders of Nepal and Tibet. The English gave the mountain Sir George Everest's name, honoring a 19th-century British surveyor of South Asia. The Tibetans refer to the mountain as Chomo-Lungma, meaning "Mother Goddess of the Land." At around the cruising altitude of jet aircraft, or two-thirds through the earth's atmosphere, the top of Everest is at a very low altitude with extremely low oxygen levels, extremely low temperatures, and hazardous weather.
Edmund Hillary
Edmund Hillary was a mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist from New Zealand. Tenzing Norgay and Hillary, two Sherpa mountaineers, were the first climbers to successfully reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953. They were a part of John Hunt's eighth British Everest expedition. He represented New Zealand as both the High Commissioner to India and Bangladesh and the Ambassador to Nepal from 1985 to 1988.
When Hillary was a senior in high school, she developed an interest in mountaineering. In 1939, he completed his first significant ascent by ascending Mount Ollivier.[2] During World War II, he was a navigator in the Royal New Zealand Air Force and sustained injuries in an incident.
Tenzing Norgay Sherpa
The world is familiar with Tenzing Norgay. Since he and Sir Edmund Hillary successfully climbed Everest in 1953, he is likely the first mountain guide from the Khumbu region to have his name written down in history books all around the globe. His eighth and likely final Everest expedition was that one, according to Jamling Norgay Sherpa's book.
After over 20 years of mountaineering, he ascended Everest while giving it everything he had. People who knew Tenzing Norgay refer to him as a leader. It makes sense why foreigners kept asking him to go on their adventures. Prior to him, all mountain climbers in Nepal did so for profit. Tenzing Norgay concurred. He did, however, also want to summit.