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  2. Tenzing Norgay - Wikipedia

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    In 1953, Tenzing Norgay took part in John Hunt's expedition; Tenzing had previously been to Everest six times (and Hunt three). [26] A member of the team was Edmund Hillary , who fell into a crevasse but was saved from hitting the bottom by Norgay's prompt action in securing the rope using his ice axe, which led Hillary to consider him the ...

  3. File:Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.jpg - Wikipedia

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  4. 1953 British Mount Everest expedition - Wikipedia

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    Edmund Hillary reading The Times, with his photo of fellow summiteer Tenzing Norgay on the cover, July 1953. The 1953 British Mount Everest expedition was the ninth mountaineering expedition to attempt the first ascent of Mount Everest, and the first confirmed to have succeeded when Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary reached the summit on 29 May 1953.

  5. A father's Everest legacy inspires mountaineer from Nepal - AOL

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    Mountaineer Jamling Tenzing Norgay says Mount Everest has “changed a great deal” since his father accompanied Edmund Hillary to the top in 1953.

  6. Last surviving member of the first team to conquer Mount ...

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    Kanchha Sherpa, 91, was among the 35 members in the team that put New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay atop the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) peak on May 29, 1953.

  7. Hillary Step - Wikipedia

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    Hahn noted how it was a great tribute to Hillary and Tenzing and he thought of them whenever he scrambled over it. [4] Later in 2017, mountaineering guide and trained photographer Lhakpa Rangdu mounted a photo exhibition at the Nepal Tourism Board showing how the Hillary Step area had changed. [32]

  8. 1952 Swiss Mount Everest expedition - Wikipedia

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    The 1952 Swiss Mount Everest expedition was an attempt to summit Mount Everest. Led by, Edouard Wyss-Dunant, the expedition, which included Tenzing Norgay, reached a height of 8,595 metres (28,199 ft) on the southeast ridge, setting a new climbing altitude record and opening up a new route to Mount Everest and paving the way for further successes by other expeditions. [1]

  9. Nepal hikes Mount Everest climbing fee by 36% - AOL

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    The first successful ascent of Everest was made on May 29, 1953, by New Zealand’s Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepal’s Tenzing Norgay. Famed Climber’s Remains Found On Mount Everest Nearly 100 ...