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On the 29th May 1953 Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of the highest mountain in the world. They were the first people to climb the highest mountain.
On the Top of the World
Sir Edmund Hillary used to be a beekeeper. He then climbed Mount Everest and became an extraordinary person. He liked adventures. He jet boated up the Ganges River and led expeditions to the South Pole.
The Ganges River is a sacred river known as Ganga Ma – Mother Ganges. The Ganges River is 1,560 miles long and it is in Northern India. It starts from the Himalayan mountains and ends up in the Indian Ocean.
Map of the River Ganges
Sherpas are a group of people who live in the Himalayan Mountains of Nepal. The word sherpa is also used to describe the local men who are experts in carrying heavy packs and guiding people who want to climb the mountains.
Sir Edmund Hillary set up The Himalayan Trust which built schools and hospitals for the sherpas. He built 27 schools and 2 hospitals. He also built an airstrip which was important as it meant that the planes could carry equipment and food to the sherpas. Before it took the sherpas 17 days to carry the equipment from Kathmandu to their village. Kathmandu is the capital city of Nepal.
Sir Edmund Hillary was an extraordinary New Zealander because he never gave up when his wife and daughter was killed in a plane crash. He helped the Sherpas and changed their lives. Sir Edmund Hillary was a helpful and caring man who loved his family, his friends and the rest of the world.
By The White Group
Photos from Sir Edmund Hillary Photo Gallery – Academy of Achievement
