Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, KG, ONZ, KBE (20 July 1919–11 January 2008), was an explorer and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953 at the age of 33, he and Sherpa (Himalayan mountain guide) Tenzing Norgay ...
In 1953 Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary become the first two people to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Just under 10 years later, Norgay made his mark in another place of wild beauty — ...