Sir Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay -- First Successful Summit

     On May 29, 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal became the first climbers to ever be on top of the world.  Tenzing Norgay was actually a sherpa as a child but later moved to India where he was asked to assist in the expedition.  They started climbing after months of planning and organizing and on their way up, they established a set of nine camps that some climbers still use even today.  They awoke at 4 am on the 29th only for Hillary to find his boots totally frozen.  He spent two full hours defrosting them before they left.  They came across a very large and rocky obstacle that they had difficulties overcoming.  This rock is now known as Hillary's Step.  They reached the summit at 11:30 and only spent 15 minutes at the summit due to their lack of oxygen.  They spent this time taking many pictures and looking for evidence of a previous exploration that never returned to see if they had actually reached the summit before them.  Sure enough, they found none.  News of their accomplishment spread around the world and they became heroes for doing this unimaginable feet.

This is an image of the two on their trek.

-Trevor S.