At 11:30 a.m. on May 29th 1953 two climbers, Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal, successfully climbed to the peak of Everest.These two paved the way for other sucessful expeditions and silenced the critics who thought the 8,850 meter mountain was unclimbable. People in Great Britian at the time were estatic. Since their decine in world power after World War II England was looking for something to revive their spirits and after hearing the news of the reaching of the peak of Everest they were more excited than when their queen was being crowned...
"People of a certain age remember vividly to this day the moment when, as they waited on a drizzly June morning for the Coronation procession to pass by in London, they heard the magical news that the summit if the world was, so to speak, theirs."
When Sir Edmund Hillary returned he was knighted by the queen and his image was on postage stamps , books, and movies. On the other side if the world Tenzing became a hero to the people of India, Nepal, and Tibet.
"People of a certain age remember vividly to this day the moment when, as they waited on a drizzly June morning for the Coronation procession to pass by in London, they heard the magical news that the summit if the world was, so to speak, theirs."
When Sir Edmund Hillary returned he was knighted by the queen and his image was on postage stamps , books, and movies. On the other side if the world Tenzing became a hero to the people of India, Nepal, and Tibet.
