Edmund Hillary (left) and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the 29,035-foot summit of Everest on May 29, 1953, becoming the first people to… | Instagram
How do we know that Sir Edmund Hillary was the first one to climb Everest? Isn't it possible that someone else got to the summit and died on the way down? -
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Tenzing Norgay, First To Climb Everest, Accomplished High-Altitude Mountaineer and Leading Sherpa - Climbing
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