The leader of the 1953 British Mount Everest Expedition was 43 years old.
If you mean 'The Ascent of Everest' then that was written by John Hunt, the leader of the British 1953 Mount Everest expedition.
John Hunt did not go to the summit of Mount Everest, it was Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. Tenzing left chocolates in the snow as an offering and Hillary left a cross that he had been given by John Hunt
The leader of the British 1953 Mount Everest Expedition was John Hunt.
Edmund Hillary was part of a team on Mount Everest: John Hunt George Band Thomas Bourdillon Charles Evans Alfred Gregory George Lowe Wilfrid Noyce Griffith Pugh Thomas Stobart Michael Ward Michael Westmacott Charles Wylie Tenzing Norgay Sherpa
Edmund Hillary climbed on Mount Everest as part of a team made up by: John Hunt George Band Thomas Bourdillon Charles Evans Alfred Gregory George Lowe Wilfrid Noyce Griffith Pugh Thomas Stobart Michael Ward Michael Westmacott Charles Wylie Tenzing Norgay Sherpa
The 1953 expedition was made up by John Hunt, George Band, Thomas Bourdillon, Charles Evans, Alfred Gregory, George Lowe, Wilfrid Noyce, Griffith Pugh, Thomas Stobart, Michael Ward, Michael Westmacott , Charles Wylie and many Sherpa's and Porters all helped put Hillary and Tenzing on the summit of Mount Everest.
The 1953 expedition was made up by John Hunt, George Band, Thomas Bourdillon, Charles Evans, Alfred Gregory, George Lowe, Wilfrid Noyce, Griffith Pugh, Thomas Stobart, Michael Ward, Michael Westmacott , Charles Wylie and many Sherpa's and Porters all helped put Hillary and Tenzing on the summit of Mount Everest
The 1953 expedition was made up by John Hunt, George Band, Thomas Bourdillon, Charles Evans, Alfred Gregory, George Lowe, Wilfrid Noyce, Griffith Pugh, Thomas Stobart, Michael Ward, Michael Westmacott , Charles Wylie and many Sherpa's and Porters all helped put Hillary and Tenzing on the summit of Mount Everest
John Hunt
The 1953 expedition was made up by John Hunt, George Band, Thomas Bourdillon, Charles Evans, Alfred Gregory, George Lowe, Wilfrid Noyce, Griffith Pugh, Thomas Stobart, Michael Ward, Michael Westmacott , Charles Wylie and many Sherpa’s and Porters all helped put Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on the summit of Mount Everest.
The 1953 expedition was made up by John Hunt, George Band, Thomas Bourdillon, Charles Evans, Alfred Gregory, George Lowe, Wilfrid Noyce, Griffith Pugh, Thomas Stobart, Michael Ward, Michael Westmacott , Charles Wylie and many Sherpa's and Porters all helped put Hillary and Tenzing on the summit of Mount Everest.
The 1953 expedition was made up by John Hunt, George Band, Thomas Bourdillon, Charles Evans, Alfred Gregory, George Lowe, Wilfrid Noyce, Griffith Pugh, Thomas Stobart, Michael Ward, Michael Westmacott , Charles Wylie and many Sherpa's and Porters all helped put Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on the summit of Mount Everest.