Conquest of Mount Everest Edmund Hillary Conquest of Mount Everest

May 29th, 1953 Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay are the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest

Where is Mount Everest? It is located on the border between Nepal and Tibet The mountain is part of the Himalaya Range in Asia

How high is Mount Everest? 8,848 metres

Edmund Hillary He was born in Auckland, New Zealand on 20th of July 1919, so he was 33 when he climbed Everest.

Where is New Zealand?

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean

The flag of New Zealand

Climbing up the mountain

At the top of the world They reached the summit at 11:30 am Hillary took Tenzing’s photo, but Tenzing didn’t know how to use a camera, so there is no photo of Hillary in the summit

What did they do in the summit? Tenzing left chocolates in the snow as an offering Hillary left a cross They spent 15 minutes at the summit

After Everest Hillary also went to the Antarctica (South Pole) in 1958, and later, to the North Pole He died in 2008, at the age of 88

ACTIVITIES Choose the correct option: Where was Hillary born? a) Australia b) New Zealand c) Himalayas

ACTIVITIES 2. Which is the flag of New Zealand?

ACTIVITIES Answer: 3. In which continent is Mount Everest? a) Europe b) America c) Asia

ACTIVITIES 4. How high is Mount Everest? a) 8,200 metres b) 8,585 metres c) 8,848 metres 5. What did he do in the summit? a) He left some chocolates b) He left a cross c) He left a photograph

EXTRA ACTIVITY Visit this website and put the mountains in order of height: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest_mountains K2 LHOTSE CHO OYU KANGCHENJUNGA MAKALU EVEREST DHAULAGIRI