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[...] On 29 may 1953 at the age of 33, he and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers known to have reached  the summit of Mount Everest. They were a a part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt. Time magazine named him as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.

News of the expedition reached Britain on the day of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and the press called the successful ascent "a coronation gift". In return, the 27 members of the party received the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal with MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDITION engraved on the rim. The group was surprised by the international acclaim that they received when they arrived in Kathmandu... [...]

Hillary became interested in mountaineering while in secondary school. He achieved his first major climb in 1939 when he reached the summit of Mount Ollivier. He served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force as a navigator during World War II. As part of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition he reached the South Pole overland in 1958. He later also traveled to the North Pole.

Following his ascent of Everest he devoted most of his life to helping the Sherpa people of Nepal through the Himalayan Trust, which he created. Thanks to his efforts, this poor region of Nepal raised the attention of the general public to the poverty of the inhabitants and he drew funds to build many schools and hospitals.

En espérant t'avoir aidé(e) ! ^^