On This Day In History: Everest Conquered

On this day in history: May 29, 1953 on 12seconds.tv and YouTube

Geography was not furthered by the achievement, scientific progress was scarcely hastened, and nothing new was discovered. Yet the names of Hillary and Tenzing went instantly into all languages as the names of heroes, partly because they really were men of heroic mold but chiefly because they represented so compellingly the spirit of their time.

The above taken from “Time 100: The Most Important People Of The Century.”

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