Edmund Edmund HillaryHillary

Conquest of Mount EverestConquest of Mount Everest

May 29th, 1953May 29th, 1953

Edmund HillaryEdmund Hillary and and Sherpa Sherpa Tenzing Tenzing

NorgayNorgay are the first are the first climbers to reach climbers to reach

the summit of the summit of Mount EverestMount Everest

Where is Mount Everest?Where is Mount Everest?

It is located on the It is located on the border between border between NepalNepal and and TibetTibet

The mountain is The mountain is part of the part of the HimalayaHimalaya Range in Range in AsiaAsia

How high is Mount Everest?

8,848

metres

Edmund HillaryEdmund Hillary

He was born in He was born in Auckland, Auckland, New New

ZealandZealand on 20th on 20th

of July 1919, so he of July 1919, so he was was 3333 when he when he climbed Everest.climbed Everest.

Where is New Zealand?

New ZealandNew Zealand is an is an islandisland country country in the south-western in the south-western PacificPacific OceanOcean

The flag of New Zealand

Climbing up the mountainClimbing up the mountain

At the top of the worldAt the top of the world They reached the They reached the

summit at summit at 11:30 am11:30 am

Hillary took Hillary took Tenzing’s Tenzing’s photophoto, but Tenzing , but Tenzing didn’t know how to didn’t know how to use a camera, so use a camera, so there is no photo of there is no photo of Hillary in the summitHillary in the summit

What did they do in the summit?What did they do in the summit?

Tenzing left Tenzing left chocolateschocolates in the in the snow as an offeringsnow as an offering

Hillary left a Hillary left a crosscross

They spent They spent 15 15 minutesminutes at the at the summitsummit

After EverestAfter Everest

Hillary also went to Hillary also went to the the AntarcticaAntarctica (South Pole) in (South Pole) in 1958, and later, to 1958, and later, to the the North PoleNorth Pole

He He died in 2008died in 2008, at , at the age of 88the age of 88

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Choose the correct option:

1. Where was Hillary born?

a) Australia

b) New Zealand

c) Himalayas

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2. Which is the flag of New Zealand?

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Answer:

3. In which continent is Mount Everest?

a) Europe

b) America

c) Asia

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4. How high is Mount Everest?a) 8,200 metresb) 8,585 metresc) 8,848 metres

5. What did he do in the summit?a) He left some chocolatesb) He left a crossc) He left a photograph

EXTRA ACTIVITY

Visit this website and put the mountains in order of height:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest_mountains- K2- LHOTSE- CHO OYU- KANGCHENJUNGA- MAKALU- EVEREST- DHAULAGIRI