Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth. Its peak is located on the border between Nepal and Tibet in China. It is part of the great Himalayan Mountain range.
For many years, climbers [?] and [?] to reach the summit of Mount Everest. In 1953, the British [?] everything they had into giving it one more try. They [?] that their climbers would reach the top in time for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth. Ten different climbers from all over the world were chosen to make the trek. In April and
May, supplies [?] relayed up the mountain, and camps were set up every 1,000 to 2,000
feet.
On May 29, 1953, two of the climbers set out for the summit from their camp at 27,900 feet. On that morning, Edmund P. Hillary (from New Zealand) and Tenzig Norgay (from Nepal) [?] one of the greatest climbing feats ever. They [?] the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest. When they [?] home, journalists kept asking the two men who [?] the summit first. Each time they were asked, the response [?] the same: “We reached it together, as a team.”


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