Climbing Mount Everest, 60 years since Hillary and Tenzing 
May 30 2013, 02:20 PM, updated 13y ago
Sixty years ago today New Zealand mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay made the first confirmed ascent of the world's tallest peak which reaches 29,029 feet. Since then thousands of people have made the attempt, with many perishing. Just last week 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura became the oldest person to reach the summit for the third time, although he said that he nearly died on the descent and that this would be his last time. The 1953 expedition that took Hillary and Norgay to the top ended with a stay of just 15 minutes, with Norgay leaving chocolates in the snow and Hillary leaving a cross that was given to him by Army Colonel John Hunt, the leader of the British expedition. -- Lloyd Young (
ir Edmund Hillary, left, and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa smile after summiting the Mount Everest in 1953 in this undated handout photograph. Nepali Sherpa friends of Sir Hillary, who died on January 11, 2008, lit butter lamps and offered special Buddhist prayers in monasteries for the mountaineer, calling him a great philanthropist and friend of Nepal. Hillary, who scaled Mount Everest in 1953 along with Nepal's Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, spent much of his life afterwards helping Sherpa communities in Nepal, including projects to build hospitals and schools.
Kancha Sherpa, a team member of the 1953 Mount Everest expedition that placed Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on the summit of the world's highest mountain, and Amelia Rose Hillary (2nd R), granddaughter of New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary, waves to well-wishers from a horse-drawn carriage during a procession for Everest Summitteers during the Mount Everest Diamond Jubilee celebrations in Kathmandu on May 29, 2013. Nepal marked 60 years since the first ascent of Everest May 29, celebrating the summiteers whose success has bred an industry that many climbers now fear is ruining the world's highest peak. (Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images) #
An aerial photograph of Everest Base camp, a large tent city full of climbers at 18,000 ft. May 15, 2003 which sits at the foot of Mount Everest on the Nepal-Tibet border. A record 1,000 climbers plan assaults on the summit of Mount Everest to celebrate the 50-year anniversary of the first successful assault on the World's tallest mountain. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
80-year-old Japanese extreme skier Yuichiro Miura stands atop the summit of Mount Everest as he becomes the oldest person to climb the world's tallest mountain May 23, 2013. Miura, who also conquered the peak when he was 70 and 75, reached the summit at 9:05 a.m. local time, according to a Nepalese mountaineering official and Miura's Tokyo-based support team. (MIURA DOLPHINS Co., Ltd via Associated Press) #
Arunima Sinha poses with the Indian flag on Mount Everest. The twenty-six year old Sinha, from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, who lost her leg after she was thrown from a moving train two years ago, became the first female amputee to climb Everest on May 21.
13-year-old Jordan Romero, right, poses for photos with a Sherpa guide on the summit of Mount Everest on May 22, 2010. Jordan became the youngest climber to reach the top of Mount Everest after climbing it from the Chinese side accompanied by a team that included his father, his stepmother and three Sherpa guides. (Team Romero via Associated Press) #
Nepalese Mountaineer Apa Sherpa with Mountain gear stands atop Mount Everest, Nepal, on May 22, 2010 while breaking his own record. The Nepalese conquered the 8,848-metre high Mount Everest for the 20th time on May 22, breaking his own previous world record in a climb he dedicated to environmental awareness. (Apa Sherpa via European Pressphoto Agency
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