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Who first climbed Mount Everest?
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The climb to the final summit of Mount Everest - the world's highest mountain at 8,848 metres - was made by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay of Nepal. Their final obstacle was a vertical band of rock 12 metres high and covered in ice. But the two mountaineers found their way over it and on May 29, 1953, they were the first people to stand at the top of the world.
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