【世界で初めてエベレストの頂上までの登頂に成功した勇敢な登山家たち】Sir Edmund Percival Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
August 10, 2026 12:15 (JST)
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, he and Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, which was led by John Hunt. From 1985 to 1988, he served as New Zealand's High Commissioner to India and Bangladesh and concurrently as Ambassador to Nepal.
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Type of climber Mountaineer
Major ascents First ascent of Mount Everest, May 1953
Tenzing Norgay (/ˈtɛnzɪŋ ˈnɔːrɡeɪ/; Sherpa: བསྟན་འཛིན་ནོར་རྒྱས tendzin norgyé; May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing,[1] was a Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer.[2][3] On 29 May 1953, he and Edmund Hillary were the first confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest, as part of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition.[4] Time named Norgay one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.[5]
