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| GN30614 EVEREST: 60th anniversary of first ascent Published: 05/16/2013 May 29, 2013 -- On May 29, 1953, New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay made the first successful ascent of Mount Everest. Since then, more than 3,000 climbers have reached the summit of the world’s highest mountain. Graphic shows routes to the summit taken by different expeditions, technology behind the 1953 expedition, and number of successful ascents each year since 1953. | |||



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