There is a photo famous of the world because of recording of the first man to climb Mount Everest on 29 May 1953. In this picture, Nepal guide Tenzing Norgay stood on the peak with an ice on his hand over head which surmounted a flag flutter. And the one who took this picture is the world's first successful ascent -- New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary.
Hillary was born on July 20, 1919, whose father was a veteran. During World War II, he joined the Air Force. After the war he became a climbing obsession. Once, during he and George Los climbing the Alps, the sudden idea of mount Everest expedition came out. The idea got the world's support of Mountaineering Association at that time.
In 1953, after the success of climb Mount Everest Hillary was living in Everest Base Camp, George Los witnessed the process of Hillary and Norgay return to the Base camp. He recalled: "It was Edmund exposed weary smile, then all of a sudden sitting on the ice said with his usual tone: 'OK, we conquered the guy.'"
After the mount Everest expedition, Hillary was later knighted by the Queen, but he once wrote in his book: "(was knighted) for me is an extraordinary honor, but what I did not match that I deserved, I even could not believe myself have get canonized. "
Hillary established a foundation named after his own name, the Foundation is currently invested in Nepal and established 27 schools, two hospitals and more than a dozen clinics. Hillary's family is also engaged in the work of the Foundation, in 1975, his wife and daughter to participate in Foundation activities in Nepal killed in a plane crash.
Nowadays, tours to Everest base camp is become more and more easy for people who want to experience the feeling of climbing the highest peak of the world.
Hillary was born on July 20, 1919, whose father was a veteran. During World War II, he joined the Air Force. After the war he became a climbing obsession. Once, during he and George Los climbing the Alps, the sudden idea of mount Everest expedition came out. The idea got the world's support of Mountaineering Association at that time.
In 1953, after the success of climb Mount Everest Hillary was living in Everest Base Camp, George Los witnessed the process of Hillary and Norgay return to the Base camp. He recalled: "It was Edmund exposed weary smile, then all of a sudden sitting on the ice said with his usual tone: 'OK, we conquered the guy.'"
After the mount Everest expedition, Hillary was later knighted by the Queen, but he once wrote in his book: "(was knighted) for me is an extraordinary honor, but what I did not match that I deserved, I even could not believe myself have get canonized. "
Hillary established a foundation named after his own name, the Foundation is currently invested in Nepal and established 27 schools, two hospitals and more than a dozen clinics. Hillary's family is also engaged in the work of the Foundation, in 1975, his wife and daughter to participate in Foundation activities in Nepal killed in a plane crash.
Nowadays, tours to Everest base camp is become more and more easy for people who want to experience the feeling of climbing the highest peak of the world.
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