Transmission of Neurosyphilis from Person to Person. Neurosyphilis is considered infectious but is not transmitted from person to person. Generally, a disease like this is caused by an infectious agent and not spread between people.
On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay completed the first confirmed ascent of Mount Everest, which stands 29,035 feet above sea level.
On 29 May 1953, New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his guide, Tenzing Norgay, became the first people to stand on the summit of Mount Everest. But Hillary was only on the expedition at all because of his interest in beekeeping.