[DOC] [TLE] Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay - 1953 Everest [PAR] Mar 3, 2013 ... By the spring of 1953, the ascent of the world's highest mountain was ... First 
attempted in 1921 by the British, Everest had repulsed at least ten major ... 
meters), only 330 feet (101 meters) short of the topby 1 p.m. on May 26. [DOC] [TLE] About Sir Edmund Hillary - Conqueror of Mt. Everest [PAR] "We didn't know if it was humanly possible to reach the top of Mt. Everest. ... On 
May 29, 1953, he and a Nepalese Sherpa, Tenzing Norgay, set foot on the ... but 
the unprecedented feat of scaling the world's highest mountain brought him a ... a 
communion with the world and with existence ... to transcend, or at least to try.". [DOC] [TLE] Sixty Years Ago, Edmund Hillary Reached the Top of the World ... [PAR] May 22, 2013 ... Sixty years ago, on May 29, 1953, mountaineers Edmund Hillary and Tenzing 
Norgay set foot atop Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain... [DOC] [TLE] Hillary and Norgay Were the First to Climb Mt. Everest [PAR] In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Became the First to Reach the ... 
the top of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world, at 11:30 a.m. on May 
29 ... Most climbers of Mount Everest at least suffer from headaches, cloudiness 
of... [DOC] [TLE] A man to match his mountain - Salon.com [PAR] Dec 1, 1998 ... On top of the world: Don George profiles Sir Edmund Hillary, mountain climber, 
world explorer and Himalayan humanitarian extraordinaire. ... George Medal, 
one of Britain's highest civilian awards, and the duo was medaled,... [DOC] [TLE] 1953: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay near the top [of the ... [PAR] 1953: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay near the top [of the highest peak on 
Earth] ... On 29 May 1953 Edmund Hillary and his sherpa Tenzing Norgay 
became the ..... Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world that has been 
challenging climbers from all across the world. ..... Climb Everest (at least to the 
first step). [DOC] [TLE] Hillary and Tenzing reach Everest summit - May 29, 1953 ... [PAR] At 11:30 a.m. on May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing ... 
the summit of Mount Everest, which at 29,035 feet above sea level is the highest 
point on earth. ... At about 11:30 a.m., the climbers arrived at the top of the world. [DOC] [TLE] Mount Everest - Wikipedia [PAR] Top down view showing the location of the summit, and its three main faces/sides
. Mount Everest, also known in Nepal as Sagarmth and in China as 
Chomolungma/, is Earth's highest mountain. Its peak is 8,848 metres (
29,029 ft) above sea level. Mount Everest is located in the Mahalangur mountain 
range in Nepal. .... Kangchenjunga was then considered the highest peak in the 
world, and with... [DOC] [TLE] 'We owe everything to Everest and Hillary' | World news | The ... [PAR] May 28, 2013 ... Photograph: Edmund Hillary/AP ... Members of the 1953 expedition described 
Namche as "a cosy and ... On 19 May, around 150 climbers reached the highest 
point in the ... Any successful attempt on Everest involves at least 72 hours of ... "
It's the top of the world, but its no big deal", said Dickson, shortly... [DOC] [TLE] Jan Morris on the 1950s and Watching Sir Edmund Hillary Summit ... [PAR] TOP OF THE WORLD Mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing 
Norgay near the summit of Mount Everest, May 28, 1953., from the Granger 
Collection, N.Y.C. ... feet on the western flank of Mount Everest, the world's 
highest mountain. ... Thinking more or less like this, at least in literary retrospect, I 
strolled away... [DOC] [TLE] Hillary and Norgay first to climb Mount Everest - Collections ... [PAR] Jun 11, 2015 ... On the 1953 Everest expedition Edmund Hillary's energy in using ... And I stood 
shivering and grumbling, all messed

Question: In May 1953 Edmund Hillary was on top of the world, or at least on top of this highest mountain
Answer: Mount Everest