First Human Steps to Mt. Everest

Sir Edmund captured Tenzing's Step at the top. He, for some reasons, denied taking his picture.

29 May 1953.

The tallest mountain of the world was Peak XV and was confirmed the world’s highest by a Bengali mathematician in 1852.

The duo, Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hilary clinched the summit on the above-mentioned date but they never revealed who stepped first right at the top. Edmund claims both of them stepped simultaneously while Tenzing in only one of the occasions divulged Edmund’s step was the one who made the history.

Smiles while Climbing up

It took a lot of passion first to climb the mountain that was the top of the world. Edmund Hillary was a New Zealander who kept bees as a hobby and earned money during the summer seasons, come winter and he would pack the gear to climb high up the mountains. Tenzing Norgay had a dream to reach at the top of Mt Everest when he used to go up to the Base camp. He carried stones in his back to mimic the weight he would be lifting one day onto the expeditions.

Edmund poses in front of Everest in 2003, while he was 83 years old. He died at 88 in 2008 in New Zealand.

Tenzing was the lifesaver of Sir Edmund when during the trip he felled off to the crevices along the deadly Khumbu Icefall. Till date, Khumbu Icefall is thought to be very dangerous as it contains many too cracks, crevices and unstable icefall prone to become an avalanche.

Many people tried to climb Everest. It was only at 11:30 am that they succeeded. They used the following instrumentation as a communication technique during the ascent. An overwhelming mass of locals welcomed them for the majestic victory of the snow giant.

Tenzing Norgay Sherpa was the first director of Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI) of Darjeeling formed in 1954. He also founded Tenzing Adventures Trek in 1978 to serve for the trekking needs for the climbers. Edmund Hillary kept his adventurous risk later in life. He founded Himalayas Trust that worked in the mountainous region of Nepal to uplift the health and educations standards of the aboriginal Sherpas.

Here are some photos from and around the time of their historic journey.