Climbing Mount Everest - 1953_2013

60 years ago, New Zealand mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay made the first confirmed ascent of the highest peak in the world - Mount Everest, which reaches 8,848 meters. Since then thousands of people have tried to conquer Mount Everest, many of them failed.  In late May, 80-year-old Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura became the oldest man in the world, conquering Everest. Miura made it for the third time. He admitted that he was on the verge of death during the descent. First conquerors of Everest Hillary and Norgay stayed on top for only 15 minutes.



1. Tenzing Norgay (left) and Sir Edmund Hillary during his historic ascent of Mount Everest in 1953.

2. Sir Edmund Hillary with their fellow climbers ascent of Mount Everest in 1953.

3. Tenzing Norgay standing on top of Mount Everest, May 29, 1953. He and his partner Edmund Hillary became the first people who have reached the highest point on Earth.

4. Colonel John Hunt, Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary returned to England after the conquest of Everest.

5. Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay smile after the ascent of Everest in 1953. Nepalese friend Hillary, who died on January 11, 2008, light oil lamps and read the special Buddhist prayers in monasteries in memory of the climber, calling him a great philanthropist and friend of Nepal. Hillary after the conquest of Everest in 1953, a large part of his life spent helping Sherpa communities in Nepal by building hospitals and schools.

6. Reporters at the statue of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgeya during the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the successful ascent of Mount Everest in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 29, 2013.

7. Kancha Sherpa, a member of the team to climb Everest in 1953, and Amelia Rose Hillary (second from right), granddaughter of the New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary, take part in the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of climbing Everest in Kathmandu, May 29, 2013.

8. The top of Mount Everest, May 15, 2003.

9. Buddhist prayer flags fluttering in the wind against the background of Mount Everest (center) and Lhotse (right) near the village of Tengboche Nepal, May 14, 2003. A team of 12 climbers from the Indian Army, the Royal Nepalese Army and the Nepalese Sherpa conquered Lhotse, setting a record for the largest number of climbers who have conquered the technically difficult peak in one day.

10. Puja ceremony at base camp on Mount Everest in Nepal, April 7, 2003. Puja is a religious ceremony, in which the blessed expedition members and their equipment.

11. British photographer and climber Jonathan Griffith climbs Everest, April 27, 2013.

12. Mount Everest, about 140 km north-east of Kathmandu, January 14, 2011. The Government of Nepal has declared that it intends to double the number of foreign tourists visiting the country every year.

13. Member of the Extreme Everest Expedition E3 99 establishes a bridge over a crevasse at an altitude of 5943 meters on Mount Everest in Nepal, May 13, 1999.

14. Climbers pass through the Khumbu Glacier on the way to Everest, May 18, 2003.

15. The first hurdle on the way to the summit of Mount Everest Khumbu Glassier, May 17, 2003.

16. Climbers from all over descend on the Khumbu icefall after climbing Mount Everest, May 22, 2013. May is the most popular month for the conquest of Everest because of more favorable weather. Earlier this month, the Japanese Yuichiro Miura became the oldest Everest conqueror and Raha Moharrak became the first woman from Saudi Arabia, who conquered Mount Everest.

17. Everest Base Camp - a big tent city at an altitude of 5486 meters, 15 May 2003. About a thousand climbers this month were planning to climb Everest to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first successful conquest of the highest mountain in the world.

18. Nepalese Sherman ascend the Khumbu icefall on the way to the summit of Mount Everest, May 16, 2013.

19. The highest mountain in the world is bathed in the golden glow of the setting sun, November 15, 1983.

20. 80-year-old Japanese professional skier and climber Yuichiro Miura progressing on icefall on the way to the summit of Mount Everest, May 16, 2013.

21. 80-year-old Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura became the oldest person to conquer Mount Everest, May 23, 2013. At the top of the mountain he was at 9:05 am local time. Miura had already conquered Mount Everest at the age of 70 and 75 years old.

22. Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura arrives in Kathmandu airport after climbing Mount Everest, May 26, 2013. Miura, who suffered four heart surgery, became the oldest person to conquer Mount Everest. Before him, it held the title of 76-year-old Nepalese Min Bahadur Sher Khan, who rose to the top in 2008.

23. Two men stand near their tents in the camp at the foot of Mount Everest in Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, Oct. 13, 2011. Tibet is a vast arid plateau land and majestic mountain ranges. Many nomads live here at high altitude. Religion is an integral part of Tibetan life, and many of them take part in religious pilgrimages in the hundreds of miles to visit the local monasteries and sacred places.

24. Climbers ascend the hill, May 19, 2005.

25. Climbers on the way to the top of Mount Everest, May 18, 2013.

26. The highest peak of the world Mount Everest (or Sagarmatha in Nepali) with a height of 8848 meters, 22 April 2007. Below is Mount Ama Dablam with a height of 6812 meters.

27. Climbers on the way to the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal's Khumbu region, May 18, 2013.

28. Climbers descend from Mount Everest, May 19, 2009. Group of Nepalese climbers is planning professional risky expedition to Everest in order to clean it. Decades of mountaineering impact on the appearance of the highest mountains in the world. Namgyal Sherpa, 7 times to climb Everest, says, "Everest is losing her beauty. The top of the mountain is now littered with oxygen bottles, old prayer flags, ropes and tents. At least two dead bodies lay there for several years. "

29. Tents at Everest base camp at dusk, May 22, 2003.

30. Mountaineers climb to the ridge just below the Hillary Step rocks on the way to the summit of Mount Everest, May 18, 2013.

31. Arunima Sinha holds the Indian flag on the top of Mount Everest, May 21, 2013. 26-year-old Sinha from the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, who lost a leg two years ago, became the first woman with disabilities, conquered Everest year.

32. 13-year-old Jordan Romero (right) became the youngest climber to conquer Mount Everest, May 22, 2010. He undertook to climb the mountain from the Chinese side, accompanied by a group consisting of his father, stepmother and three Sherpa Guides.

33. Two Japanese climbers resting on the top of Mount Everest, surrounded by Tibetan prayer flags, May 20, 2013.

34. Nepalese Sherpa Apa is on the top of Mount Everest, May 22, 2010. Climber climbed to the top of the mountain for the 20th time, breaking his own world record and. He dedicated his climb to environmental protection.

35. Nepal May 29 marked the 60th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest, the success of which served as the destruction of fear among many climbers before the conquest of the highest mountain in the world.

36. View of Mount Everest from the base camp, May 26, 2003.

37. Tibetan Buddhist prayer flags on the top of Mount Everest, May 18, 2013. Nepal May 29 marked the 60th anniversary of the conquest of Everest, honoring climbers who followed in the footsteps of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgeya.