Hillary and Norgay summit Everest

May 29, 1953

Two men, a New Zealand beekeeper and a Sherpa from the Khumbu valley, stepped onto the top of the world at 11:30 in the morning. They had a few minutes. Hillary took a photograph of Tenzing holding his ice axe against the sky. The highest point on earth had been reached. News arrived in London on coronation day.