On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary and his partner, Tenzing Norgay, stood at the summit of Mount Everest -- the first men to ever do so. Most explorers would have called such a feat the climax of their career, but Hillary was just getting started. He went on to scale numerous other mountain peaks, explore the Ganges River, and help direct an expedition to the South Pole and across Antarctica. This book includes a glossary, chronology, and a list of further readings. This book is for middle school age children.
