Description In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest .
It was the first to approach the mountain from the south side, it pioneered a route through.
Everest 1951 is the account of this expedition.
They climbed from the south, from Nepal, via the Khumbu Glacier - a route first pioneered in 1951 by a Reconnaissance Expedition led by Eric Shipton .
Description In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest