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    Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953. They reached the top at 11:30 am after a difficult climb up the southern face of the mountain. At the summit, they only stayed for 15 minutes due to lack of oxygen, with Hillary taking some photographs and Tenzing burying sweets and biscuits. They then returned triumphantly to their camp and reported their success to their expedition leader John Hunt. Hillary and Tenzing began their final ascent at 6:30 am, reaching the South Summit by 9 am, and after a dangerous climb up a cliff and ridge in deep snow, they saw the true summit

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    Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953. They reached the top at 11:30 am after a difficult climb up the southern face of the mountain. At the summit, they only stayed for 15 minutes due to lack of oxygen, with Hillary taking some photographs and Tenzing burying sweets and biscuits. They then returned triumphantly to their camp and reported their success to their expedition leader John Hunt. Hillary and Tenzing began their final ascent at 6:30 am, reaching the South Summit by 9 am, and after a dangerous climb up a cliff and ridge in deep snow, they saw the true summit

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    Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953. They reached the top at 11:30 am after a difficult climb up the southern face of the mountain. At the summit, they only stayed for 15 minutes due to lack of oxygen, with Hillary taking some photographs and Tenzing burying sweets and biscuits. They then returned triumphantly to their camp and reported their success to their expedition leader John Hunt. Hillary and Tenzing began their final ascent at 6:30 am, reaching the South Summit by 9 am, and after a dangerous climb up a cliff and ridge in deep snow, they saw the true summit

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    Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953. They reached the top at 11:30 am after a difficult climb up the southern face of the mountain. At the summit, they only stayed for 15 minutes due to lack of oxygen, with Hillary taking some photographs and Tenzing burying sweets and biscuits. They then returned triumphantly to their camp and reported their success to their expedition leader John Hunt. Hillary and Tenzing began their final ascent at 6:30 am, reaching the South Summit by 9 am, and after a dangerous climb up a cliff and ridge in deep snow, they saw the true summit

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    CLIL360 2014 All rights reserved. May be photocopied for use in the classroom.

    Image of Hillary and Norgay by Jamling Norgay and image of


    Mount Everest by Luca Galuzzi licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
    THE DAILY NEWS
    FRIDAY 29
    TH
    MAY 1953

    EVEREST
    CONQUERED!
    HILARY AND TENZING ON TOP OF THE WORLD

    THE NEW ZEALANDER, Edmund Hillary, and the
    Nepalese Sherpa, Tenzing Norgay, have become
    the first people to reach the top of Mount Everest.
    They reached the top of the world at 11.30am
    after a difficult climb up the southern face of the
    mountain.

    At the Summit
    The two men stayed at the summit for just 15
    minutes because they did not have much
    oxygen. Hillary took some photographs. Tenzing
    buried some sweets and biscuits for the Buddhist
    gods and Hillary buried a small cross. Then they
    climbed back down the mountain.

    Return to Camp
    They returned in triumph to Camp VI where they
    told their leader, John Hunt, the great news. Hunt
    said the climb was successful because they had
    learned from mountaineers who had tried to climb
    the mountain before them.

    The Ascent
    Hillary, 33, a beekeeper from Auckland, New
    Zealand, got out of his tent at 6.30am. He did the
    climb with Tenzing Norgay, 39, a Sherpa.

    By 9am, they had reached the South Summit.
    They had a clear view of the mountain top. But
    ahead was the Southwest Ridge. This was a very
    dangerous climb. Then they had to climb a cliff.

    By now, they were both very tired. Hillary slowly
    climbed the cliff and pulled Tenzing up after him.

    Next, they walked up a steep ridge through deep
    snow. They pulled themselves up the ridge using
    ice axes. Suddenly, they could see the top of the
    mountain, the summit.

    Hillary said: "I looked up and saw the summit. A
    few more whacks of the ice axe in the snow and
    we stood on top." Hillary and Tenzing were on top
    of the world. Mount Everest was conquered.

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