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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. They both survived there time on the mountain and lived for many years after.

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Edmund Hillary was the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953, he came from Auckland in New Zealand.

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