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On the 1953 Mount Everest expedition the first two to try and reach the summit were Charles Evans and Thomas Bourdillon. They reached the South Summit but due to equipment problems and time they returned back to camp. This then made way for Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay to reach the summit.

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