EVEREST'S FIRST CLIMBERS: You'll Never Guess The OTHERS - 1953 Thru '63

Описание: MANY KNOW THAT THE FIRST TO CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST WERE HILLARY AND NORGAY IN 1953.

Do you know who climbed it next?

In 1956 four Swiss climbers climbed it via the southeast ridge route, Marmet, Schmied, Reist and von Gunten. Then in 1960 three Chinese became the first to summit via the northeast ridge: Gombu, Yin-wa Hey and fu chu wang. And in 1963 six Americans summited Jim Whitaker and Nawang Gombu, Barry Bishop, Lute Jerstad via the southwest ridge, and Tom Hornbein and Willie Unseold climbed it via the impressive west ridge and north face, and descended via the southeast ridge, becoming the first to do a traverse of the mountain.

Those are the first 15 to climb Mount Everest

HERE IS AN INTERVIEW WITH Ed Hillary from 2004 talking about giving back to the Sherpa:
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