Edmund Hillary didn't say anything while on the summit of Mount Everest, it was while approaching the high camp on the way back down he saw his climbing friend George Lowe and said to him:
"Well, George, we knocked the bastard off."
Edmund Hillary's guide/climbing partner for the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition was Tenzing Norgay.
Edmund Hillary reached the summit of Mount Everest at 11.30am on the 29th May 1953.
Edmund Hillary is famous for being the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
The Sherpa Tenzing Norgay was Hillary's climbing partner when they conquered Everest.
Mount Everest became famous when Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit in 1953.
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.
It was the world's tallest mountain, Mount Everest.
Edmund Hillary is famous for being the first person in the world to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay took the following flags to the summit of Mount Everest in 1953: United Nations Nepal India There was no flag from New Zealand.
Yes, Edmund Hillary is a famous person. He is famous for being the first person to climb Mount Everest in 1953.
He was the first man to climb to the summit of Mount Everest.
He was an explorer and he climbed Mount Everest.