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Detailed explanation-1: -Edmund Hillary and Tibetan mountaineer Tenzing Norgay were the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. The two men reached the summit by late morning on May 29, 1953. After spending about 15 minutes on the peak, they began their descent.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tenzing in his 1955 autobiography wrote that Hillary took the first step onto the summit and he followed. They reached Everest’s 29, 028 ft (8, 848 m) summit – the highest point on earth – at 11:30 am. They spent about 15 minutes at the summit.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay-1953 Everest. Edmund Hillary (left) and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the 29, 035-foot summit of Everest on May 29, 1953, becoming the first people to stand atop the world’s highest mountain.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tenzing Norgay, First To Climb Everest, Accomplished High-Altitude Mountaineer and Leading Sherpa.

Detailed explanation-5: -The next year, Tenzing Norgay took part in the 9th British Expedition to Everest, led by Colonel John Hunt. He was the leader of the team of Sherpas on the expedition, and it would be his seventh summit attempt. Tenzing would later tell a reporter: “Six times I climbed the mountain.