Charlie Pace.
Darby Field in 1642
Darby Field did in 1642 - a monument on Route 16 commemorates this feat.
Edmund Hillary, New Zealand
It is not known who was the very first to make an attempt to climb Mt Everest.
Edmund Hillary was from Auckland in New Zealand
Tenzing Norgay was the first Asian to climb Mt Everest
Edmund Hillary was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953 followed by Tenzing Norgay.
No he was not.
Peter Snell was the first to climb Mt Everest.
Junk Tabei was the first woman to climb Mount Everest in 1975.
Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa Tenzing Norgay were the first persons to climb Mt. Everest.
Hillary Shield, named after Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Mt Everest