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1953
Hillary and Norgay summit Everest
May 29, 1953
Two men, a New Zealand beekeeper and a Sherpa from the Khumbu valley, stepped onto the top of the world at 11:30 in the morning. They had a few minutes. Hillary took a photograph of Tenzing holding his ice axe against the sky. The highest point on earth had been reached. News arrived in London on coronation day.
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