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Everest was first climbed in 1953

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit on 29 May The two men were part of a British expedition led by John Hunt and climbed from the south side through Nepal. They spent about fifteen minutes on top and could not stay long because of the thin air. News of the ascent reached London on the morning of the coronation. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit on 29 May. The figure is taken from Encyclopaedia Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a sports fact?: Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.