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Richard Hosking,
Paranormal Investigator
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Sir Edmund Hillary has explored places where no human being had gone before, and by making the first successful accent of Mount Everest captured the world’s imagination.
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Chogyam Trungpa Gyatso,
Tibetan Monk
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The HMI, Darjeeling was founded in November 1954 by the then Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to commemorate the first ascent of Mount Everest by late Tenzing Norgay along with Sir Edmund Hillary on May 29, 1953.
Tengboche became known to the world after Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzin Norgay Sherpa made the first ascent of Mount Everest in 1953.
On 29th May 1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal became the first human beings to conquer Mount Everest, which at 29,002 feet is the highest place on earth.
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Phuong Nguyen,
Exotic Dancer
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They are the Sir Edmund Hillarys and Amelia Earharts of the underwater world - seven over-the-edge explorers who have plunged deeper than anyone else on the planet.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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Since the first recorded conquest of Everest in 1953 by Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, more than 800 people have conquered the tallest peak.
We trek you through the paths trodden by Sir Edmund Hillary and your Sherpas on trek are the spiritual descendants of Tenzing Norgay who along with Hillary was the first team up the world’s highest mountain.
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Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran
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Therefore, we would like to invite you to join us to trek on the same route where Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Sir Edmund Hillary had trekked on their way to the top of Mount Everest, 50 years ago when they made history on 29th May 1953 by becoming the first men to conquer the world's tallest mountain.
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Astrid Schuhmann,
Backpacker
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The Southern Alps of New Zealand are one of the most pristine and remote mountain ranges in the world and are renowned as the training ground where a young Sir Edmund Hillary learned the skills which took him to the summit of Mount Everest in 1953.
EVEREST EXPEDITION Eighteen girls from St Margaret's Sixth form plan to mark the millennium by following in the footsteps of Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tensing on their original route to the Everest Base Camp.
Sir Edmund Hillary - A commercial beekeeper (he and his brother owned 1200 hives) from New Zealand, led the party that first scaled Mount Everest.
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Josh Hogan,
Commander
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Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay about to leave the South Col to establish camp IX below the south summit.
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