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mount everest
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Sherpa Tensing
Norgay Tenzing known as Sherpa Tensing (1914 - 1986) Nepalese mountaineer, with Edmund Hillary enjoying a snack on their return from the summit. (June 26, 1953) -
The Firist Climb
Before Hillary and Tenzing successfully reached the summit, two other expeditions got close. Most famous of these was the 1924 climb of George Leigh Mallory and Andrew "Sandy" Irvine. -
Food and supplies
In addition to humans, not many creatures or plants can live in high altitudes either. For this reason, food sources for climbers of Mt. Everest are relatively nonexistent. So in preparation for their climb, climbers and their teams must plan, purchase, and then carry all of their food and supplies with them up the mountain. -
Mt Everest
After years of dreaming about it and seven weeks of climbing, New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Tenzing Norgay reached the top of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world, at 11:30 a.m. on May 29, 1953. They were the first people to ever reach the summit of Mount Everest. -
Ivan and Hillery
Ivan and Hillery were not the only ones to die up on the summit mount Everest is the most dangerous mountaion to climb you can suffer from severe frost bite and hypothemia and there is a very high risk of falling down to death on the mountain.