The Hillary Step lies at approx 28,840 feet above the sea level, between the South summit and the true summit. It is the last major obstacle before reaching the top of the world.
The Hillary Step is a perpendicular upright mass of rock that is around forty feet in height. To reach it you must climb the South East Ridge route from the Nepal side of Mount Everest.
The Sherpa Tenzing Norgay was Hillary's climbing partner when they conquered Everest.
Edmund Hillary's guide/climbing partner for the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition was Tenzing Norgay.
Edmund Hillary reached the summit of Mount Everest at 11.30am on the 29th May 1953.
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Edmund Hillary's guide/climbing partner was Tenzing Norgay. He was chosen as he had knowledge of what it was like high up on Mount Everest.
1953 was the year Edmund Hillary reached the summit of Mount Everest.
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Edmund Hillary was 35 years old when he climbed and returned home from Mount Everest.
May 19th 1953
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