(1) In 1953, Edmund Hillary from New Zealand, and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal.

(2) May 29,1959: Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

(3) Sit Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay first reached the peak's summit in 1953.

(4) New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepal's Tenzing Norgay Sherpa were the first to ascend to Qomolangma 's summit in 1953. That feat opened Nepal as a popular tourist destination.

(5) New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal made the first successful ascent of Mount Everest in May 1953.

(6) On this date in 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the top of Mount Everest.

(7) Around 3, 000 people have climbed to the Everest summit since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to conquer the peak in 1953.

(8) Indeed, many mountaineers, including Everest conquerors Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, reported unshod footprints far larger than human feet dotting snowy trails.

(9) More than 4,000 climbers have reached the top of Mount Qomolangma since it was first climbed by New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepal's Tenzing Norgay Sherpa in 1953.

(10) It was Sir Edmund Hillary, who was born in New Zealand, and Tenzing Norgay, a Nepalese Sherpa , who reached the summit first, at 11:30 a. m. on May 29, 1953.

(11) WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's Sir Edmund Hillary, who along with Nepal's Tenzing Norgay Sherpa became the first to conquer Mount Everest, died in hospital on Friday.

(12) History was made on the 29th of May 1953 when Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary stood on top of the world where no men had stood before.

(13) In 1953 , Edmund Hillary from New Zealand , and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal , finally reached the summit of Mount Qomolangma.

(14) In 1993 Tashi led the 40th Anniversary Everest Expedition to mark the 40th anniversary of the first successful expedition of his grandfather, Tenzing Norgay Sherpa.

(15) As many as 500 climbers are jostling to reach the summit by Thursday, largely using the southeast ridge that took Sir Edmund Hillary and a Sherpa, Tenzing Norgay, to the top on May 29, 1953.