Edmund Hillary was the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953, he was a New Zealand citizen, so New Zealand gets the credit.
Edmund Hillary was the first person to be given credit for climbing to the summit of Mount Everest in 1953.
For being the first man to climb Mount Everest
The first country to send climbers to explore Mount Everest was Great Britian.The first people to explore Mount Everest were British climbers who came from England UK, in the 1920's.
The first expedition to Mount Everest was in 1921 from England UK.
Nepal is a small mountain country sort of above India. A Nepalese man whose name was Tenzing Norgay was almost the first man to climb to the summit of Mt. Everest. But since Norgay pushed the Scot, Sir Edmund Hillary, up the last few feet to the peak, Hillary got credit for being the first to climb Mt Everest.
The first climbers to reached the summit of Mount Everest were Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal.
The first expeditions to Mount Everest were from England UK in 1921, 1922 and 1924.
The British (United Kingdom) went to Mount Everest in 1921 with the first expedition.
The United States had the first credit card issuer, Diner's Club.
Edmund Hillary climbed Mount Everest for the adventure and challenge.
In the United States, credit started in the 1700's. Pilgrims were the first people who brought credit to this country.
Mount Everest (known then as Peak B) was discovered and measured by Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India in 1847.