Everest Today(@EverestToday):On this day, 2 June 1953, the world awoke to the news that Mt Everest, the highest mountain on Earth, had finally been climbed. News of the first ascent by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary spread across the globe, bringing to an end decades of attempts, and uncertainty surrounding the world's highest peak. What took place high on Everest on 29 May 1953 soon became one of the defining moments in the history of mountaineering.

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On this day, 2 June 1953, the world awoke to the news that Mt Everest, the highest mountain on Earth, had finally been climbed. News of the first ascent by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary spread across the globe, bringing to an end decades of attempts, and uncertainty surrounding the world's highest peak. What took place high on Everest on 29 May 1953 soon became one of the defining moments in the history of mountaineering.