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EXTRAORDINARY STORIES OF ASCENTS FROM A BLIND MAN'S SUCCESS TO A SHERPA'S RECORD 21 CLIMBS; FROM THE OLDEST ON THE MOUNTAIN TO ONE WHO WAS FIRST TO SKI DOWNAfter seven weeks of climbing, at 11:30 a.m. on May 29, 1953, New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Tenzing Norgay reached the top of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. They were the first people to ever reach the summit of Mount Everest. News of the successful climb quickly made headlines around the world. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became heroes.Soaring in height to 29,035 feet (8,848 meters) above sea level, Mount Everest is a geographical giant. Ever since it was established that the mountain is indeed the tallest in the world humans have tried to tame it. The terrain is treacherous, the weather unpredictable, and the atmospheric conditions extreme; danger of injury, illness, delirium, and even death is ever present.