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31st May
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30th May
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29th May
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28th May
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Detailed explanation-1: -International Everest Day is celebrated every year on May 29 in memory of the first summit of Mount Everest on this day by New Zealand’s Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepal’s Tenzing Norgay Sherpa in 1953. They battled snow storms and extreme weather conditions to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain.
Detailed explanation-2: -Tenzing Norgay’s birthday on 29th May is rightly accorded as Everest Day. Coincidentally the summit was conquered by him along with Edmund Hillary.
Detailed explanation-3: -How tall is Mount Everest? At 29,031.69 feet (8,848 meters), often rounded to 29,032, feet high Mount Everest stands as the tallest peak above sea level.
Detailed explanation-4: -Piyali Basak. Hailing from Chandernagore in Hooghly district of West Bengal, mountaineer Piyali Basak climbed to the top of Mount Everest on May 22, this year.