On 29 May 1953, the thirty-threeyear-old
beekeeper from Auckland
crawled out of his tent perched
on a rocky ledge high on Mount
Everest. A ferocious wind had
whipped the tent all night. Hillary
said it sounded like rifle fire. His
Nepali climbing companion, Sherpa
Tenzing Norgay, said it sounded like
the roar of a thousand tigers. With
temperatures at minus 27 degrees
Celsius, the men set off on the final
leg of their amazing climb. For five
hours, they tackled rock and ice
faces, some of them vertical, until,
at 11.30 a.m., there was nowhere
else to climb. They were standing
on the top of the world.
On 29 May 1953, the thirty-threeyear-oldbeekeeper from Aucklandcrawled out of his tent perchedon a rocky ledge high on MountEverest. A ferocious wind hadwhipped the tent all night. Hillarysaid it sounded like rifle fire. HisNepali climbing companion, SherpaTenzing Norgay, said it sounded likethe roar of a thousand tigers. Withtemperatures at minus 27 degreesCelsius, the men set off on the finalleg of their amazing climb. For fivehours, they tackled rock and icefaces, some of them vertical, until,at 11.30 a.m., there was nowhereelse to climb. They were standingon the top of the world.
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