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Sir Edmund Hillary (left) and Tenzing Norgay (right) ascending the slopes of Mount Everest in 1953.
1953: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay’s Historic Ascent of Mount Everest

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's ascent of Everest in 1953 was a landmark in mountaineering, achieved through teamwork, experience, and technological advances