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Sir Edmund Percival Hillary KG ONZ KBE (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.
Jul 20, 1998 · Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountain climber and Antarctic explorer who, with the Nepali-Indian mountaineer Tenzing Norgay, became the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world, in 1953.
Mar 3, 2013 · Edmund Hillary (left) and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the 29,035-foot summit of Everest on May 29, 1953, becoming the first people to stand atop the world's highest mountain.
Apr 2, 2014 · 20th-century explorer and mountaineer Edmund Hillary was the first to reach the peak of Mount Everest, along with fellow climber Tenzing Norgay.
Jul 6, 2023 · On On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary and his sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
May 22, 2013 · Sixty years ago, on May 29, 1953, mountaineers Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay set foot atop Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain. They were the first ever to reach its 29,029-foot peak...
Jan 10, 2008 · Sir Edmund Hillary, the lanky New Zealand mountaineer and explorer who with Tenzing Norgay, his Sherpa guide, won worldwide acclaim in 1953 by becoming the first to scale the 29,035-foot summit...
Jan 11, 2008 · Sir Edmund Hillary, a former beekeeper who, with his Sherpa guide, became the first man known to conquer the world’s tallest peak, died of a heart attack early today. He was 88.
Jan 11, 2008 · Sir Edmund Hillary, the lanky New Zealand mountaineer and explorer who with Tenzing Norgay, his Sherpa guide, won worldwide acclaim in 1953 by becoming the first to scale the 29,035-foot summit...
Edmund Hillary began climbing in New Zealand’s Southern Alps while in high school, before working as a beek.
