Sir Edmund Hillary did not reach the summit of Mt Everest on Christmas Day in 1953, but on 29 May 1953.
Edmund Hillary reached the summit of Everest with Tenzing Norgay.
Edmund Hillary was the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest on the 29th May 1953.
Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary in 1953
Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary
Edmund Hillary reached the summit of Mount Everest on the 29th May 1953.
Edmund Hillary reached the summit of Mount Everest first followed by his climbing partner Tenzing Norgay.
The first man to climb Mount Everest was Edmund Hillary from New Zealand. He was part of the 1953 British Mount Everest Expedition. He reached the summit at 11.30 in the morning on the 29th May. His climbing partner Tenzing Norgay reached the summit not long after.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest, they did so on the 29th May 1953
Edmund Hillary's climbing partner Tenzing Norgay accompanied him to the summit and back.
Edmund Hillary was 35 years old when he reached the summit of Mount Everest.
Edmund Hillary reached the summit of Mount Everest in 1953.
Edmund Hillary used oxygen from tanks on his back when he climbed to the summit of Mount Everest.