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Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (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.
A British expedition led by Shipton, and including Edmund Hillary, Tom Bourdillon, W. H. Murray, and Mike Ward travelled into Nepal to survey a new route via the southern face. On September 30 at 6,100 m (20,000 ft) on Pumori , Shipton and Hillary saw the whole of the Western Cwm and concluded that ascent was possible from the top of the Cwm to ...
Converted Ferguson TE20 tractors used by Edmund Hillary's team. The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) of 1955–1958 was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole.
1955–1958 – Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition – led by Vivian Fuchs (UK); New Zealand support led by Edmund Hillary; 1956 – Dumont d'Urville Station established; 1956 – Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station established; 1956 - McMurdo Station established; 1956–1958 – 2nd Soviet Antarctic Expedition – led by Aleksei Treshnikov
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay New Zealand Nepal May 29, 1953 [22] [23] First woman to summit once Summited Junko Tabei Japan May 16, 1975 [24] First man to summit twice 2 Nawang Gombu India 1963, 1965 [25] [26] [27] First woman to summit twice 2 Santosh Yadav India 1992, 1993 [28] First man to summit three times 3 by 1982 Sungdare Sherpa
4 January Edmund Hillary, leading an expedition using farm tractors equipped for polar travel, arrives at the Pole, the first expedition since Scott's to reach the South Pole over land; part of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition. [6] Hillary was the first New Zealander to reach the South Pole overland.
Using conventional open-circuit oxygen sets, the summit of Everest was reached at 11:30 a.m. local time on May 29, 1953, by the New Zealander Edmund Hillary [5] and Tenzing Norgay, [6] a Nepali, climbing the South Col route. This was the first time men had reached the top of Mount Everest. 1956 Swiss Expedition
Articles relating to the explorer Edmund Hillary (1919–2008). Pages in category "Edmund Hillary" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.