Nepal celebrates 70 years since first Everest summit

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to scale Mt Everest.

KHUMJUNG Nepal, May 29, 2023 (AFP) - The sons of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa led celebrations in Nepal on Monday to mark the 70th anniversary of the historic first ascent of Everest.

The scaling of the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) peak on May 29, 1953, changed mountaineering forever and made the New Zealander and his Nepalese guide household names.

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