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THE DAILY NEWS
FRIDAY 29
TH
MAY 1953

EVEREST
CONQUERED!
HILARY AND TENZING ON TOP OF THE WORLD

THE NEW ZEALANDER, Edmund Hillary, and the
Nepalese Sherpa, Tenzing Norgay, have become
the first people to reach the top of Mount Everest.
They reached the top of the world at 11.30am
after a difficult climb up the southern face of the
mountain.

At the Summit
The two men stayed at the summit for just 15
minutes because they did not have much
oxygen. Hillary took some photographs. Tenzing
buried some sweets and biscuits for the Buddhist
gods and Hillary buried a small cross. Then they
climbed back down the mountain.

Return to Camp
They returned in triumph to Camp VI where they
told their leader, John Hunt, the great news. Hunt
said the climb was successful because they had
learned from mountaineers who had tried to climb
the mountain before them.

The Ascent
Hillary, 33, a beekeeper from Auckland, New
Zealand, got out of his tent at 6.30am. He did the
climb with Tenzing Norgay, 39, a Sherpa.

By 9am, they had reached the South Summit.
They had a clear view of the mountain top. But
ahead was the Southwest Ridge. This was a very
dangerous climb. Then they had to climb a cliff.

By now, they were both very tired. Hillary slowly
climbed the cliff and pulled Tenzing up after him.

Next, they walked up a steep ridge through deep
snow. They pulled themselves up the ridge using
ice axes. Suddenly, they could see the top of the
mountain, the summit.

Hillary said: "I looked up and saw the summit. A
few more whacks of the ice axe in the snow and
we stood on top." Hillary and Tenzing were on top
of the world. Mount Everest was conquered.