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Sir Edmund Hillary

Sir Edmund Hillary . 20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008. Who was he?. He was born in Auckland. A New Zealand Mountaineer and Explorer.

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Sir Edmund Hillary

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  1. Sir Edmund Hillary 20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008

  2. Who was he? He was born in Auckland. A New Zealand Mountaineer and Explorer. On the 29 May 1953 at the age of 33, he and mountaineer Tenzing Norgay, became one of the first known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. He was part of the ninth British Expedition to Everest . He devoted his time to fundraising for the Himalayan Trust. This helped the people of Nepal and resulted in new hospitals and schools.

  3. The Climb He first attempted to reach the summit in 1952 but was turned back by bad weather 800 feet (240 m) from the summit. The final expedition, led by John Hunt, totalled over 400 people, including 362 porters, twenty Sherpa guides and 10,000 lbs of baggage and like many such expeditions, it was a team effort.

  4. There were two other mountaineers who were working as a pair to reach the summit; Tom Bourdillon and Charles Evans. They were forced to turn back when Evans’ Oxygen system failed. They were only 91m (300 feet) from the summit. John Hunt directed Hillary and Tenzing to go for the summit. Due to Snow and wind, it was 2 days before they attempted the summit Tenzing on Summit

  5. They set out on 28 May along with three others. The two pitched a tent at 27,900 feet (8,500 m) on 28 May while their support group returned down the mountain. On the following morning Hillary discovered that his boots had frozen solid outside the tent. He spent two hours warming them before he and Tenzing attempted the final ascent wearing 30-pound (14 kg) packs

  6. The hardest part of the ascent was the climb of the 40-foot (12 m) rock face Hillary saw a means to wedge his way up a crack in the face between the rock wall and the ice and Tenzing followed. From there the rest of the climb was simple. reached Everest's 29,028 ft (8,848 m) summit, the highest point on earth, at 11:30 am They spent only about 15 minutes at the summit. They looked for evidence of the 1924 Mallory expedition, but found none.[18] Hillary took the famous photo of Tenzing posing with his ice-axe, but since Tenzing had never used a camera, Hillary's ascent went unrecorded.[19][20] Tenzing left chocolates in the snow as an offering and Hillary left a cross that he had been given.[11] Additional photos were taken looking down the mountain in order to re-assure that they had made it to the top and that the ascent was not faked.[20] The two had to take care on the descent after discovering that drifting snow had covered their tracks, complicating the task of retracing their steps. The first person they met was Lowe, who had climbed up to meet them with hot soup.

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