At 11:30 am on May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first human beings to conquer Mount Everest. The Times scooped the news.
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The Explorer’s Heart – Vanity Fair, 2002
In 2002, Jonas Karlsson traveled 28,000 miles over eight months to put together a profile of ten great explorers, as “the modern age of exploration is coming to a clamorous close.”
The Conquest of Mt. Everest
At 11:30 am on May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal became the first human beings to conquer Mount Everest.