Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival
Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival (1919– ) New Zealand explorer and mountaineer. On May 29, 1953, Hillary and his Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norgay, were the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest. He led (1955–58) the New Zealand arm of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition.
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