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1953 British Mount Everest Expedition

first successful ascent of Mount Everest

Details

Instance of: first ascent, expedition climbing, mountaineering expedition
Date: 1953
Start time: February 1953
End time: June 1953
Part of: timeline of Mount Everest expeditions
Country: United Kingdom
Participants: John Hunt, Baron Hunt, Charles Evans, George Band, Tom Bourdillon, Alfred Gregory, Wilfrid Noyce, Griffith Pugh, Tom Stobart, Michael Ward, Michael Westmacott, Charles Wylie, Edmund Hillary
destination point: Mount Everest
highest point: Mount Everest
number of participants: 400, 362
uses: Everest South Col route

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