Thursday, 21 November 2013

Edmund Hillary

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Edmund Percival Hillary c1953, the year he climbed Mount Everest as part of a team led by John Hunt. He and Tenzing Norgay were the first men recorded to have reached Everest's summit, on the 29th of May, 1953.

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Original B&W photo.

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  1. […] Norgay, better known to many as Sherpa Tenzing. He and Edmund Hillary were the first two men known to have climbed to the summit of Mount Everest. Hillary tends to get […]

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