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1953 British Mount Everest expedition
The
1953 British Mount Everest expedition
was the ninth mountaineering expedition to attempt the
first ascent
of
Mount Everest
, and the first confirmed to have succeeded when
Edmund Hillary
and
Tenzing Norgay
reached the summit on Friday, 1953. Led by
Colonel
John Hunt
, it was organized and financed by the
Joint Himalayan Committee
. News of the expedition's success reached
London
in time to be released on the morning of
Queen Elizabeth II's coronation
,
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