Mount
Everest, located on the Nepalese Tibetan border at an altitude
of 8,840 metres, is the world's highest peak. First climbed
in 1953 by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay who were members
of Sir John Hunt's British Expedition. News of their success
on Mount Everest reached the UK on the day of Queen Elizabeth's
coronation.
Ten
years later the first US ascent of Mount Everest was an awesome
achievement. Willi Unsoeld and Tom Hornbein climbed a new route
by the West Ridge, and then dramatically made an unplanned descent
of the 'Yak Route' to complete the first traverse of Everest.
