Hillary Peak Hillary Peak Hillary Peak is the name which has been proposed by the Government of Nepal for a peak in the Himalayas in honour of Edmund Hillary, who made the first ascent of Everest with Tenzing Norgay in 1953. In September 2013 a government panel recommended that two mountains be renamed Hillary Peak and Tenzing Peak as part of a batch of summits that would be opened to climbers in 2014. The coordinates given by the government indicate that it is one of a clutch of peaks on the Nepal and Tibet border between Cho Oyu and Gyachung Kang, known
1952 Swiss Mount Everest expedition oxygen sets, finally grinding to a halt near 8595 m, about 250 m short of the summit. Assuming that George Mallory and Andrew Irvine did not reach any higher during their expedition of 1924, this was the highest that anyone had ever been. Raymond Lambert and Tenzing Norgay were able to reach a height of about on the southeastern ridge, setting a new climbing altitude record. Tenzing's experience was useful when he was hired to be part of the British expedition in 1953 during which he reached the summit with Sir Edmund Hillary. The results of this first Swiss expedition