The role that the Sherpas had on the 1953 Mount Everest expedition is the same as they still do now.
They carry gear/equipment, make camps up the mountain. They break trail by making routes. Some cook and look after other climbers.
Sherpas are very much part of an expedition.
Edmund Hillary climbed Mount Everest as part of a British Expedition. There were many members and Sherpas who helped him reach the summit of the highest mountain in the world on the 29th May 1953.
The country that Edmund Hillary and his team mates started there Mount Everest expedition in was Kathmandu in Nepal.
No one died on the British Mount Everest expedition that Edmund Hillary was with in 1953
Sir Edmund Hillary was part of an unsuccessful New Zealand expedition to Everest in 1951 before attempting again in May1953.He was part of a British expedition with several members and sherpas who reached base camp in April 1953. By late May Hillary and sherpa Tenzing Norgay were positioned to make a bid for the summit, which they reached at 11:30am local time on 29 May 1953.
He payed back the Sherpas by building them a school. (He payed them back because the Sherpas helped him while climbing mount Everest)
During the 1953 Mount Everest expedition there were no deaths.
Edmund Hillary has been on Mount Everest twice.In 1951, Edmund Hillary was part of the British Reconnaissance Expedition on Mount Everest led by Eric Shipton.In 1953, Edmund Hillary was part of the successful British attempt of 1953.
Edmund Hillary had been on Mount Everest twice. He was part of a British reconnaissance expedition to Everest led by Eric Shipton in 1951. In 1953 again he was a member of a British expedition, this time led by John Hunt. Edmund Hillary along with Tenzing reached the summit of Mount Everest on the 29th May during this expedition.
He started climbing in 1953, but conquered it on May 29thof that year.
Edmund Hillary explored Nepal for his famous expedition to Mount Everest in 1953, becoming one of the first climbers to reach the summit.
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.
Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the top of Mt Everest on 29 May 1953.