sir edmund hillary and tenzing norgay： climb mt. everest
埃德蒙·希拉里和丹增·诺尔盖：成功攀登珠穆朗玛峰
the peak of mt. everest reaches a height of 29，035 feet above sea level——the highest point on earth. finally， the british were allowed access in the early 1920s. they mounted a number of full-fledged expeditions， including one in 1924 that claimed the lives of world-renowned alpinist george mallory and a young oxford graduate named andrew “sandy” irvine. further attempts on everest were stalled by world war ii. but on may 29， 1953， two members of that year's british expedition reached the summit： edmund hillary， a beekeeper from new zealand and tenzing norgay， a professional mountaineer from the everest foothills.
珠穆朗玛峰位于中国西藏和尼泊尔的边境线上，是地球上最高的山峰。英国运动员在1920年后被允许进行珠穆朗玛峰的攀登行动。曾经有多位大登山家尝试过但都未成功。突然爆发的第二次世界大战使攀登珠穆朗玛峰的热潮一下子消退了下去。直到1953年5月29日，新西兰人埃德蒙·希拉里和尼泊尔人丹增·诺尔盖顺利登顶，成为有据可考的首次登顶的人。