2. • Sixty years ago today New Zealand mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary and
Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay made the first confirmed ascent of the
world's tallest peak which reaches 29,029 feet. Since then thousands of
people have made the attempt, with many perishing. Just last week 80-year-
old Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura became the oldest person to reach
the summit for the third time, although he said that he nearly died on the
descent and that this would be his last time. The 1953 expedition that took
Hillary and Norgay to the top ended with a stay of just 15 minutes, with
Norgay leaving chocolates in the snow and Hillary leaving a cross that was
given to him by Army Colonel John Hunt, the leader of the British expedition.
-- Lloyd Young ( 37 photos total)
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3. Tenzing Norgay, left, and Sir Edmund Hillary on their
historic ascent of Mount Everest in 1953.
(Associated Press)
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4. Sir Edmund Hillary and fellow climbers, on Mount
Everest in 1953 during the first credited ascent to the
mountain peak. (New York Times) #
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5. Early on June 6, 1924, support climber Noel Odell
took this photograph of Mallory and Irvine as
they set out from the North Col for their summit
attempt. They never returned.
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6. Sherpa Tenzing Norgay
stands on the summit of
Mount Everest May 29, 1953
after he and climbing partner
Edmund Hillary became the
first people to reach the
highest point on Earth.
(Edmund Hillary/Royal
Geographical Society via
Associated Press) #
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7. From left; Colonel John Hunt, Tenzing
Norgay (better known as Sherpa
Tensing), and Edmund Hillary make a
jubilant return to Britain after becoming
the first men to scale Mount Everest.
(George W. Hales/Hulton Archive via
Getty Images) #
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8. Sir Edmund Hillary, left, and Tenzing
Norgay Sherpa smile after summiting the
Mount Everest in 1953 in this undated
handout photograph. Nepali Sherpa
friends of Sir Hillary, who died on
January 11, 2008, lit butter lamps and
offered special Buddhist prayers in
monasteries for the mountaineer, calling
him a great philanthropist and friend of
Nepal. Hillary, who scaled Mount Everest
in 1953 along with Nepal's Tenzing
Norgay Sherpa, spent much of his life
afterwards helping Sherpa communities
in Nepal, including projects to build
hospitals and schools. (Norgay Archive
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9. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing
Norgay, the first people to reach
Everest's summit, are seen near
27,300 feet
Everest Expedition Team, 1924
Everest Expedition Team, 1924
Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world, the Sir Edmund Hillary
and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa, conquered on 29 May 1953.
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10. They reached the top of the
mountain at 1130 local time
after climbing stage hardships
from the southern mountains.
Hillary took a few
shots to record the
scene here, with
pictures Sherpa
Tenzing waving
flags representing
Britain, Nepal, the
United Nations and
India.
Two people only stay for 15 minutes on
the summit of Everest has less oxygen
reserves.
Much of their equipment is
new invention and
experimentation. Two days
before they get to the top,
another group took up only
100 meters from the
mountain but had to turn
back because of their oxygen
system is broken.
The climbing begins
April 2 and the good
news was announced
June 2, the day of the
coronation of Queen
Elizabeth II of the
United Kingdom.
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11. Under the leadership of
Colonel John Hunt, the
expedition co Himalayan
Committee and sponsor
organizations. (All images
copyright of the Royal
Geographical Society with
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12. Expedition to Mount Everest of
England in 1953 was the 9th of
climbers He sought to climb this
mountain and they have become the
first people to claim to have
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13. Hundreds of porters who followed the expedition. Back row (left to
right) Stobart, Dawa Tenzing, Evans, Wylie, Hillary, Hunt, Tenzing,
Lowe, Ward, Bourdillon, Band, Pugh, Gregory, Noyce. Sitting (left to
right) Topkie 1st, 2nd Thondup, Ang Namgyal 5th, 7th Ang Tensing
(Balu), Dawa Thondup 9th, 12th Pemba, 13 (front) Pasang Dawa, 16th
Phu Dorje, Ang Temba 18th, and 21st Ang Nyima, (Not in photo is
Annullu, Da Namgyal, Gompu, and Westmacott)
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14. The Sherpas have transportation necessary
to provide map Base Camp. On the right is
the Lho La pass between the cliffs and across
the Khumbu Glacier is Tibet. Lho La pass ribs
look almost easy going but frequent
avalanches poured down from the cliffs
above.
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15. Anker, using replica 1920s clothing
and equipment, cuts steps on the
ice slope below Everest's North
Col—just as Mallory did in 1924.
Expedition understand pylons between
the radio antenna base stations. They can
communicate with each other by radio.
Those in the expedition can even track reports
broadcast the coronation of the Queen.
Seven camps were set up along the slopes of Mount Everest
during the expedition to explore math can get used to the
weather and altitude during mountain climbing.
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16. Hikers dressed in 1920s-era clothing walk
through towering ice pinnacles near
Mount Everest.
Pictured here are Conrad Anker, left,
and Leo Houlding, as they follow in
George Mallory's footsteps decked out
in replica 1920s-era climbing gear.
Retracing the journey taken by Mallory
and Irvine in 1924, two climbers walk
near the foot of Everest
Mountain-climb-trail_Team of Everest
Climbers, 1963
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17. Media film the statues of Edmund Hillary,
left, and Tenzing Norgay during a function
to mark the 60th anniversary of successful
ascent of Mount Everest, in Katmandu,
Nepal, on May 29, 2013. Hillary and Norgay
were the first people to set foot on the
peak of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953.
(Niranjan Shrestha/Associated Press) #
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18. Kancha Sherpa, a team member of the 1953 Mount Everest
expedition that placed Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on the
summit of the world's highest mountain, and Amelia Rose Hillary (2nd
R), granddaughter of New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary,
waves to well-wishers from a horse-drawn carriage during a
procession for Everest Summitteers during the Mount Everest
Diamond Jubilee celebrations in Kathmandu on May 29, 2013. Nepal
marked 60 years since the first ascent of Everest May 29, celebrating
the summiteers whose success has bred an industry that many
climbers now fear is ruining the world's highest peak. (Prakash
Mathema/AFP/Getty Images) #
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19. Aerial photograph of Mount Everest
(back-center) and Everest's West
Shoulder with Nuptse (Right - 8848m)
on May 15, 2003 on the Nepal - Tibet
border. (Paula Bronstein/Getty
Images)) #
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20. Buddhist prayer flags flutter in a strong wind blowing towards the
snow capped peaks of Mount Everest, center, and Lhotse, right, near
Tengboche village on the trail to Mount Everest in Nepal on May 14,
2003. A team of 12 mountaineers from Indian Army, Royal Nepalese
Army and Nepalese sherpas scaled Lhotse Tuesday setting a record for
the highest number of mountaineers to scale the technically difficult
peak in a single day. (Gurinder Osan/Associated Press)) #
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21. Drinks, rice and a kind of flour is offered near the
end of the Puja ceremony for Team Everest on
April 7, 2003, at Everest Base Camp in Nepal. The
Puja is a buddhist ceremony to bless the team and
its equipment and to seek safe passage up the
mountain. Buddhist prayer flags radiate from the
center pole. (Erich Schlegel/The Dallas Morning
News via Associated Press) #
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23. An aerial view the Mount Everest range some 140
km (87 miles) northeast of Kathmandu on Jan. 14,
2011. The government said it aims to double the
number of foreign visitors who come to Nepal
every year to one million in 2011. (Prakash
Mathema/AFP/Getty Images) #
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24. Members of the E3 99 Everest Extreme Expedition
negotiate a three ladder bridge over the Camp 1
crevasse at 19,500 feet on Mount Everest in Nepal,
on May 13, 1999, testing vital sign monitors and
gathering additional information on hypoxia and
acclimatization. (Associated Press) #
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25. Mountaineers pass through the treacherous
Khumbu Icefall on their way to Mount
Everest near Everest Base camp, Nepal, on
May 18, 2003. With the weather providing a
safer window for summit attempts starting
May 19, many teams, including the joint
Indo-Nepalese army, Korean and Japanese
have left for attempting to climb the world's
highest peak. (Gurinder Osan/Associated
Press) #
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26. A view of the Kumbhu icefall, the first hurdle in the
ascent to Everest from base camp, as seen from
Everest Base camp, in Nepal, on May 17, 2003.
(Gurinder Osan/Associated Press) #
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27. Climbers from various countries descend Khumbu Icefall
on their way back to Base Camo on May 22, 2013 after
summiting Mount Everest . May is the most popular
month for Everest climbs because of more favorable
weather. Earlier this month, an 80-year-old Japanese
man Yuichiro Miura became the oldest conqueror of
Mount Everest and Raha Moharrak became the first
woman from Saudi Arabia to scale the peak. (Pasang
Geljen Sherpa/Associated Press) #
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28. An aerial photograph of Everest Base camp, a
large tent city full of climbers at 18,000 ft. May
15, 2003 which sits at the foot of Mount Everest
on the Nepal-Tibet border. A record 1,000
climbers plan assaults on the summit of Mount
Everest to celebrate the 50-year anniversary of
the first successful assault on the World's tallest
mountain. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)) #
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29. Nepalese Sherpas climb Khumbu Icefall,
on May 16, 2013 above Base Camp on
their way to summit. May is the most
popular month for Everest climbs
because of more favorable weather.
(Geljen Sherpa/Associated Press) #
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30. A golden glow envelopes as the sun sets on
the worlds highest mountain, center, seen
from Kalapathar, on the trail to Everest, Nepal,
on Nov. 15, 1983. Hundreds and thousands of
mountaineers and mountain lovers have
gathered in Katmandu to take part in various
celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of
the first ascent of Everest by Edmund Hilary
and Tenzing Norgey on May 29, 1953. (Bikas
Das/Associated Press) #
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31. Japanese Yuichiro Miura, 80-year-old
professional skier, alpinist, as he advances
amid an icefall to the advance base camp
C2 on the route to the world's highest
peak of Mount Everest, Nepal, on May 16,
2013. (European Pressphoto Agency) #
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32. 80-year-old Japanese extreme skier Yuichiro
Miura stands atop the summit of Mount
Everest as he becomes the oldest person to
climb the world's tallest mountain May 23,
2013. Miura, who also conquered the peak
when he was 70 and 75, reached the summit
at 9:05 a.m. local time, according to a
Nepalese mountaineering official and Miura's
Tokyo-based support team. (MIURA DOLPHINS
Co., Ltd via Associated Press) #
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33. Japanese mountain climber Yuichiro Miura, 80, shows a victory sign upon his arrival at the airport after climbing Mount Everest, in
Kathmandu May 26, 2013. Miura, who has had four heart surgeries, reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday becoming the
oldest person to conquer the world's highest mountain. Miura, who first climbed Everest in 2003 and repeated the feat five years
later, takes the oldest climber record from Nepal's Min Bahadur Sherchan, who reached the summit at the age of 76 in 2008.
(Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters) #
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34. Two people (bottom left) stand next to their tent as they camp at the base of
the earth's highest peak, Mount Everest, in the Tibet Autonomous Region, the
People's Republic of China, on Oct.13, 2011. Tibet is a vast land of harsh, arid,
brown plateaus and majestic mountain ranges. Living in the thin air of this
high altitude desert are many nomads. Religion is an integral part of life for
Tibetans, and most partake in religious pilgrimages of hundreds of kilometers
to visit the region's monasteries and sacred sites. (Barbara Walton/European
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35. Members of Mount Everest (Mt.
Qomolangma) expedition team inch
their way up a slope of the mountain
on May 19, 2005. (Suolang
Luobu/Associated Press) #
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36. In this image released by mountain guide Adrian Ballinger of
Alpenglow Expeditions and taken May 18, 2013, climbers
make their way to the summit of Mount Everest, in the
Khumbu region of the Nepal Himalayas. Nepal celebrated
the 60th anniversary of the conquest of Mount Everest on
Wednesday, May 29, 2013, by honoring climbers who
followed in the footsteps of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing
Norgay. (Adrian Ballinger/Alpenglow Expeditions via
Associated Press) #
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37. Mount Everest (top), or Sagarmatha, the highest peak in the
world with an altitude of 8,848 meters is seen in this aerial
view next to the 6,812 meters (22,349 feet) high Mount Ama
Dablam (bottom) on April 22, 2007. Climate experts agreed on
a U.N. report on May 4, 2007 that said fighting global warming
is affordable and the technology available to slow the growth
in greenhouse gas emissions and stave off climate chaos, a
senior delegate said. (Desmond Boylan/Reuters) #
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38. Climbers make their way to the summit of Mount
Everest on May 18, 2013, in the Khumbu region of
the Nepal Himalayas. Nepal celebrated the 60th
anniversary of the conquest of Mount Everest on
Wednesday, May 29, 2013. (Adrian
Ballinger/Alpenglow Expeditions via Associated
Press) #
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39. In a May 19, 2009 photograph, unidentified mountaineers
descend Mount Everest. A group of top Nepalese climbers are
planning a high-risk expedition to clean up Everest, saying
decades of mountaineering have taken their toll on the world's
highest peak. "Everest is losing her beauty," seven times Everest
summiteer Namgyal Sherpa, 30, told AFP. "The top of the
mountain is now littered with oxygen bottles, old prayer flags,
ropes, and old tents. At least two dead bodies have been lying
there for years now". (AFP/Getty Images) #
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40. Tents glow in the twilight as clouds cover Everest Base Camp
in Nepal on May 22, 2003. Many teams have rescheduled
their summit attempt due to bad weather, even as some
managed to reach the summit of Mount Everest from the
south side, first climbed this season by the Indian-Nepalese
army team early Thursday. (Gurinder Osan/Associated
Press) #
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41. Climbers navigate the knife-edge ridge just
below the Hillary Step on May 18, 2013
during their way to the summit of Mount
Everest, in the Khumbu region of the Nepal
Himalayas. Sixty years ago Wednesday, Sir
Edmund Hillary and climbing partner Tenzing
Norgay were the first to set foot on the
summit of Mount Everest, the highest point
on earth on May 29, 1953. (Adrian
Ballinger/ALPENGLOW EXPEDITIONS, via
Associated Press) #
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42. Arunima Sinha poses with the Indian flag on
Mount Everest. The twenty-six year old Sinha,
from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, who
lost her leg after she was thrown from a
moving train two years ago, became the first
female amputee to climb Everest on May 21.
(Arunima Sinha/AFP/Getty Images) #
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43. 13-year-old Jordan Romero, right, poses for photos
with a Sherpa guide on the summit of Mount Everest
on May 22, 2010. Jordan became the youngest climber
to reach the top of Mount Everest after climbing it
from the Chinese side accompanied by a team that
included his father, his stepmother and three Sherpa
guides. (Team Romero via Associated Press) #
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44. Two Japanese climbers, in blue, rest on top of Mount
Everest, surrounded by Tibetan prayer flags on May 20,
2013. (Pasang Geljen Sherpa/Associated Press) #
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45. Nepalese Mountaineer Apa Sherpa with Mountain gear
stands atop Mount Everest, Nepal, on May 22, 2010
while breaking his own record. The Nepalese conquered
the 8,848-metre high Mount Everest for the 20th time
on May 22, breaking his own previous world record in a
climb he dedicated to environmental awareness. (Apa
Sherpa via European Pressphoto Agency) #
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46. Nepal marked 60 years since the first ascent of Everest May 29,
celebrating the summiteers whose success has bred an industry
that many climbers now fear is ruining the world's highest peak.
(Tshering Sherpa/AFP/Getty Images) #
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47. Mount Everest seen from above Everest
Base camp, Nepal on May 26, 2003. Sir
Edmund Hillary's son, Peter Hillary, is
scheduled to hold a prayer session and
ritual mask dance at the monastery today
to commemorate 50 years of his father's
and Tenzing Norgay's climb to Mount
Everest. (Gurinder Osan/Associated
Press) #
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48. Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags are seen on the summit of Mount
Everest on May 18, 2013 in the Khumbu region of the Nepal
Himalayas. Nepal celebrated the 60th anniversary of the conquest
of Mount Everest on Wednesday, May 29, 2013, by honoring
climbers who followed in the footsteps of Edmund Hillary and
Tenzing Norgay. (ALPENGLOW EXPEDITIONS via Associated Press) #June 2, 2013 48