Who were the first mountaineers to reach the top of Mount Everest?

Answer 1

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"The summit was eventually reached at 11:30 am local time on May 29, 1953 by the New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay from Nepal climbing the South Col Route. At the time, both acknowledged it as a team effort by the whole expedition, but Tenzing revealed a few years later that Hillary had put his foot on the summit first. They paused at the summit to take photographs and buried a few sweets and a small cross in the snow before descending."

Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everest#1933-1953

Answer 2

The first mountaineer to reach the top of Mount Everest was a Tibetan Sherpa followed by Sir Edmond Hillary.

Answer 3

Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing

Source(s): http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/m...

Answer 4

Sir Hillary and his sherpa guide Tenzing

but two climbers prob made it before him but died on way down...