KATHMANDU: Everest hero Sir Edmund Hillary will be bestowed a rare “honorary Nepalese citizenship” at a gala Everest Golden Jubilee celebration in the Nepalese capital on May 29, a Nepalese newspaper reported yesterday.
Hillary, along with Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay, stepped on the summit of 8,848m Mount Everest on May 29, 1953. They were the first climbers to reach the peak.
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