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.
Edmund Hillary's guide/climbing partner for the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition was Tenzing Norgay.
He climbed mt Everest with a guide called Tenzing Norgay.
Sir Edmund Hillary, and his Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norgay
Sir Edmund Hillary is a New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first climb Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norway(born in 1919).
During his climb up Mt Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary was accompanied by Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay, as part of a British expedition led by John Hunt. Hunt and Hillary received knighthoods on their return.
Edmund Hillary & Nepalese sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay were the 1st to climb Mount Everest.
Sir Edmund Hillary's goal was to climb to the top of Mount Everest. With the help of his guide, Tenzing Norgay, he succeeded.
He, along with his Sherpa (local mountain guide) Tenzing Norgay were the first to climb the tallest mountain on Earth(Mount Everest).
Sherpa Tenzing Norgay helped Edmund Hillary to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953.
The name of the Sherpa was Tenzing Norgay. He helped Edmund Hillary reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953.
The first person to stand on the summit of Mount Everest was Edmund Hillary on the 29th May 1953. His climbing guide/partner who also reached the summit was Tenzing Norgay.
Hillary reached the summit of Mt Everest on 29 May 1953 along with the Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norgay.