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Hillary, HIHL uh ree, Sir Edmund Percival (1919-...), a New Zealand mountain climber, became one of the first two men to reach the top of Mount Everest and return. On May 29, 1953, he and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa tribesman from Nepal, reached the 29,035-foot (8,850-meter) summit (see Mount Everest ). Queen Elizabeth II knighted Hillary for the achievement.
Shipton, Eric Earle (1907-1977), a Sri Lankan-born mountaineer and author, took part in several expeditions to Mount Everest. In 1935, he led a… More>>
Young, Geoffrey Winthrop (1876-1958), an Englishman, was one of the greatest mountaineers in the history of the sport. Young compiled an impressive… More>>
Mallory, George Leigh (1886-1924), was a British mountaineer who died on Mount Everest. His first expedition to Everest was in 1921. In 1922, he… More>>
Bonington, Chris (1934-...), one of England's foremost mountaineers, also won fame as a writer and photographer. Bonington's expeditions were the… More>>
Ball, Gary Ian (1953-1993), a New Zealand mountaineer, won fame by climbing the highest peaks on all seven continents. In 1990, he was part of an… More>>
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