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The Conquest of Everest is a 1953 British Technicolor documentary film directed by George Lowe about various expeditions to the summit of Mount Everest. [2] It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. [3] Cameraman Tom Stobart participated in the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition (as did George Lowe).
Edmund Hillary reading The Times, with his photo of fellow summiteer Tenzing Norgay on the cover, July 1953. The 1953 British Mount Everest expedition was the ninth mountaineering expedition to attempt the first ascent of Mount Everest, and the first confirmed to have succeeded when Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary reached the summit on 29 May 1953.
Hunt, John (1953). The Ascent of Everest. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 0-89886-361-9. (The Conquest of Everest in America) Tashi Tenzing and Judy Tenzing, Tenzing Norgay and Sherpas of Everest (2003) Ed Webster, Snow in the Kingdom (2000) Ed Douglas, Tenzing: Hero of Everest (2003) Jamling Tenzing Norgay, Touching My Father's Soul (2002)
The 1924 British Mount Everest expedition, consisting of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine, might have reached the summit, but Mallory and Irvine perished on descent. The 1953 British Mount Everest expedition, consisting of Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, was the first confirmed successful ascent.
Ghosts of Everest: The Search for Mallory & Irvine: Jochen Hemmleb 1999 about 1924 British Mount Everest expedition: Going Up is Easy: Lydia Bradey 2015 High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of Everest: Edmund Hillary: 1955 about 1953 British Mount Everest expedition: High Crimes: the Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed: Michael ...
First ascent by an American: Jim Whittaker, [33] accompanied by Nawang Gombu Sherpa who, in 1965, became the first man to climb Everest twice; first ascent via the Hornbein Couloir on May 22 by Americans Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld. [34] Hornbein and Unsoeld descended by the South Col, making the ascent the first traverse of Everest. [35]
The first documented ascent of Everest came nearly three decades later when New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay scaled the mountain on May 29, 1953.
Country Date Male climber Date Female climber References Afghanistan 2023-05-17: Samuel Dean Sidiqi [1] [2] [3] [4] Albania 2012-05-26: Gjergj Bojaxhi [5]: 2017-05-22 ...