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Edmund Hillary
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Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
(20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand
mountaineer
, explorer and
philanthropist
. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and
Nepalese
Sherpa
mountaineer
Tenzing Norgay
became the
first climbers
to reach the summit of
Mount Everest
. They were part of the
ninth British expedition to Everest
, led by
John Hunt
. Hillary was named by
Time
as one of the
100 most influential
people of the 20th century.
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