Historical Context
Edmund Hillary took the photo using a modest and compact Kodak Retina camera loaded with Kodachrome colour film, he kept the camera inside his jacket during the final ascent to keep it from freezing.
Hillary apparently refused a photograph when Tenzing Norgay offered to return the favour.
Photo Info
Photographer: Edmund Hillary
Date taken: May 29, 1953
Location taken: Mount Everest, Nepal
Source: Royal Geographical Society
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- 1953-05-29 Edmund Hillary (NZ) and Tenzing Norgay (Nepal) are first to reach the summit of Mount Everest as part of a British Expedition
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Edmund Hillary-
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