On May 29, 1953, 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. and became the first people to ever successfully climb the mountain. This famous mountain is located in the Himalayas, along the border of Nepal and Tibet, China at a height of 29,035 feet.
During a 1952 trip in the Alps, Hillary discovered that he and his friend George Lowe had been invited by the Joint Himalayan Committee for the approved British 1953. Knowing how rare these opportunities were—the route to Everest was closed by Chinese-controlled Tibet, and Nepal allowed only one expedition per year—they immediately accepted. Out of all the climbers on the expedition, only four would get a chance to make an attempt to reach the summit. Hunt, the team leader, selected two teams of climbers. The first team consisted of Tom Bourdillon and Charles Evans and the second team consisted of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
Bourdillon and Evans, the first team to attempt the climb, had to give up after reaching 300 feet shy of summit due to bad weather.
Hillary and Tenzing went next, and after a grueling seven-week climb achieved through intense dedication for their goal of climbing Everest got them to the top, making them heroes.
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