Record 75 climbers reach summit of Everest in single day from Nepal side
A record 75 climbers reached the summit of Mount Everest in a single day from the Nepal side of the world's highest mountain, a Nepalese official said today.
The first time a climber lays eyes on Everest, it's hard not to imagine what it was like when Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay topped out on the world's highest peak shortly before noon on May 29, 1953.For almost everyone who studied the pictures of his epic first ascent with Tenzing, Hillary stood for adventure.