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sir Edmund Hillary was famous because he and Tenzing Norgay were the first to climb mt Everest the tallest mountain in the world.
He, along with his Sherpa (local mountain guide) Tenzing Norgay were the first to climb the tallest mountain on Earth(Mount Everest).
They were the first to conquer Mount Everest.
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it was a historic moment when he climbed the tallest mountain in the world,Mt.Everest in Nepal in 1953 as he was the first person to reach the top with another mountaineer,Tenzing sherpa.
Edmund Hillary was from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay was from Nepal.
After reaching the summit of Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary in 1953 Tenzing did not climb the mountain again.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit on their own. They had a whole team in different parts of the mountain at the time but it was just the two of them who reached the top.
Tenzing Norgay. His partner was Edmund Hillary.
Edmund Hillary did not hire Tenzing Norgay as a guide. The expedition leader, John Hunt asked Tenzing to join them on the expedition as a climber.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest, they did so on the 29th May 1953 at 11.30 in the morning.