JOURNAL ARTICLE

HILLARY AND NORGAY REACH EVEREST'S SUMMIT.

  • Published In: All About History, 2024, n. 143. P. 6 1 of 2

  • Database: History Reference Ultimate 2 of 2

Abstract

REGULARS29 May 1953 Defining MomentsSherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay and New Zealand explorer Edmund Hillary became the first two people to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest, at 11:30am on 29 May 1953. The pair were just two of a number of mountaineers who were part of the ninth expedition that attempted to be the first to scale Everest. The news of the summit reached the UK on the day of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, and the members of the Himalayan expedition were later awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:All About History. 2024/06, Issue 143, p6
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Biography
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:2052-5877
  • Accession Number:177133967
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