Question about Edmund Hillary…
I just heard his name mentioned in a TV show, which made me curious: is he the first non-Sherpa/Himalayan person to make it to the summit or is he actually the first to ever have proof of making it?
I don’t know much about Mount Everest and mountain climbing other than what I’ve seen from a few documentaries. I just find it hard to believe the first human being made it to the summit in 1953.
Does everyone go by this or is there some controversy about him not truly being the first?
I wasn’t able to find any talk of controversy on Wikipedia.
Thanks 🙂
Tenzing Norgay, first to climb Mount Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary, photo 1950’s.
Edmund Hillary
After I finished watching episode 7, I went to check my phone and found this notification.
Made my day :D
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Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, the first people to climb Everest, pictured at a base camp in 1953
How New Zealand made Edmund Hillary: "Auckland, New Zealand--where the writer finds a lovely city built on volcanoes, publicly listed phone numbers, and many signs telling him where not to look for a legendary mountaineer's home."
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Had a dream that Edward Richtofen chased Sir Edmund Hillary up Mt. Everest trying to kill him, but then got lost and couldn't find his way down afterwards
AMA session with Edmund Hillary - Advisor at WSBDApp
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1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers reach the peak of Mount Everest (Colorized)
Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, the first men to climb Everest, pictured together in 1953
Ice axe signed by Sir Edmund Hillary, bought at fund-raiser in the 80s at which he was present, how much is it worth? I need an axe and wondering if I should use it or go buy a new one.
Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary summit Mt Everest (29 May 1953, colorized)
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TIL in order to build Lukla Airport's runway, Sir Edmund Hillary bought local liquor for the Sherpas and asked them to perform a foot-stomping dance to flatten the land
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My grandfather met Sir Edmund Hillary in a cafe in Nepal while he was on an expedition to the South face of Annapurna in the 80s. My grandfather asked Hillary if he would sign a picture of him standing in front of Everest. He has the photo hanging on his wall.
TIL that in 1985 expedition leader Mike Dunn organized a trip of the "greatest explorers" to the North Pole. Among them were Neil Armstrong, Steve Fossett and Sir Edmund Hillary. Armstrong said that he accepted the invitation because he only ever saw the North Pole from space and not from the ground
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After climbing Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary said, “It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.”
In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzig Norgay (Sherpa) were the first human beings to ever reach the summit of Mount Everest. This is the only proof. It is a photo that Hillary took of Norgay with his axe. Norgay offered to take one of Hillary but he declined. The stayed at the summit for 15 minutes.
Sir Edmund Hillary at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto.
Got my baby boy in April of 2020. This is him now. ❤️ He was 271 grams when I got him, now he’s 11lbs. He’s my little mountain climber so he’s named after Sir Edmund Hillary, but Eddie for short.
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This is Sir Edmund Hillary IV. He is tired.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, the first people to climb Mount Everest.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay approaching 28,000 feet, laden with extra equipment to establish their final camp on Mount Everest. From this point on they would be on their own, May 28th, 1953. [5242 x 3354]
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay after becoming the first ever climbers of Mount Everest in 1953.
The coat of arms of Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer
In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzig Norgay (Sherpa) were the first human beings to ever reach the summit of Mount Everest. This is the only proof. It is a photo that Hillary took of Norgay with his axe. Norgay offered to take one of Hillary but he declined. The stayed at the summit for 15 minutes.
TDIH: May 16, 1975. Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to conquer Mount Everest. The ascent by the Japanese adventurer came 22 years after Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach the summit.
[TR] What was the name of the Sherpa who accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary to the summit of Mt. Everest in 1953?
What was the name of the Sherpa who accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary to the summit of Mt. Everest in 1953?
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Follow up from yesterday's post of the ice axe signed by Sir Edmund Hillary
Taken at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. Canada around late 80s. I don't know who the Nepalese gentleman is. The event was to raise money for schools in Nepal. My mom was a school teacher and had been to Everest herself from the Tibet side in the early 80s so they had lots to talk about. Yes, the ice axe signature is legit.
I didn't consider how much respect one person could hold by so many people, therefore thought that the axe was just an off-the-shelf item that had been signed by the thousands and may be only worth a 100 bucks. I really had no idea. I also learned that a signature on an item is not simply to increase its monetary value, but is there to remember the person, and to create dialogue about that person and their achievements.
That being said, I may auction it off so that someone who has the ability to show it off in a display case may do so, so that Hillary can be remembered. It doesn't belong in a storage closet. And yes, I do need an axe, but shorter, lighter, angled, better for self-arrest.
Sir Edmund Hillary gave back to the communities who enabled his success. There are many schools and hospitals in Nepal today because of his efforts later in life. Know that respect must always be given to the local communities who's infrastructure we rely on to get to the trail-head, and supply us with what we need to get to the summit. I think that is his legacy.
Thanks for listening. Pack in, pack out. Respect the locals.
Edmund Hillary takes a chance to freshen up in the glacial waters of a mountain stream in Nepal while en route to Mount Everest, March, 1953. [1280 x 694]
On this day May 29, 1954, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Tibet surmounted Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world (29,032 feet [8,849 metres]). Many climbers had tried before & failed.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on Everest, 29th May 1953 [615x450]
[1280x720] “Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain.” – Edmund Hillary
This is my 1st Edition copy of the 1954 book “The Conquest of Everest”. It is signed by climbers Sir. Edmund Hillary, Charles Evans and George Lowe. I bought it in a used book store in the early 1970s for $2.50. Now worth much more than that in dollars and personal value. 13 images.
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Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary summit Mt. Everest. (29 May 1953, colorized)
Gonna tell my kids this was Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary.
Colourized photo of Sir Edmund Hillary showing reporters an artist's rendering of the Yeti (abominable snowman) before his 1960-1961 trip to Nepal to find a Yeti
Explorers Podcast: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay and the Conquest of Everest
5-part series about the historic first summit of Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
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