Mount Everest
History of Nepal
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| | 1947 | Norgay, Tenzing | |
| Everest Takes part in an unsuccessful summit attempt of Everest, an Englishman named Earl Denman, Ange Dawa Sherpa, and Tenzing enter Tibet illegally to attempt the mountain; the attempt ended when a strong storm at 22,000 ft (6,700 metres) pounded them |
| 1952 | Norgay, Tenzing | |
| Everest Tenzing takes part in two Swiss expeditions led by Raymond Lambert, the first serious attempts to climb Everest from the southern Nepalese side, during which he and Lambert reached the then record height of 8,599 m (28,215 ft) |
| 1953 | Norgay, Tenzing | |
| Everest Awarded the George Medal from the British Government for his efforts with the expedition |
| 29th May Everest In the dark of the morning of 29th May 1953, Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay set off set off from Camp IX at 27,900', then past the South Summit, the highest point so far reached, and pushed on towards the summit at 29,028 |
| 29th May Everest Takes part in John Hunt's expedition, his seventh expedition to Everest, in which he and Hillary become the first to reach the summit |
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