edmund hillary conquest of mount everest. may 29th, 1953 edmund hillary and sherpa tenzing norgay...
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Edmund Edmund HillaryHillary
Conquest of Mount EverestConquest of Mount Everest
May 29th, 1953May 29th, 1953
Edmund HillaryEdmund Hillary and and Sherpa Sherpa Tenzing Tenzing
NorgayNorgay are the first are the first climbers to reach climbers to reach
the summit of the summit of Mount EverestMount Everest
Where is Mount Everest?Where is Mount Everest?
It is located on the It is located on the border between border between NepalNepal and and TibetTibet
The mountain is The mountain is part of the part of the HimalayaHimalaya Range in Range in AsiaAsia
How high is Mount Everest?
8,848
metres
Edmund HillaryEdmund Hillary
He was born in He was born in Auckland, Auckland, New New
ZealandZealand on 20th on 20th
of July 1919, so he of July 1919, so he was was 3333 when he when he climbed Everest.climbed Everest.
Where is New Zealand?
New ZealandNew Zealand is an is an islandisland country country in the south-western in the south-western PacificPacific OceanOcean
The flag of New Zealand
Climbing up the mountainClimbing up the mountain
At the top of the worldAt the top of the world They reached the They reached the
summit at summit at 11:30 am11:30 am
Hillary took Hillary took Tenzing’s Tenzing’s photophoto, but Tenzing , but Tenzing didn’t know how to didn’t know how to use a camera, so use a camera, so there is no photo of there is no photo of Hillary in the summitHillary in the summit
What did they do in the summit?What did they do in the summit?
Tenzing left Tenzing left chocolateschocolates in the in the snow as an offeringsnow as an offering
Hillary left a Hillary left a crosscross
They spent They spent 15 15 minutesminutes at the at the summitsummit
After EverestAfter Everest
Hillary also went to Hillary also went to the the AntarcticaAntarctica (South Pole) in (South Pole) in 1958, and later, to 1958, and later, to the the North PoleNorth Pole
He He died in 2008died in 2008, at , at the age of 88the age of 88
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Choose the correct option:
1. Where was Hillary born?
a) Australia
b) New Zealand
c) Himalayas
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2. Which is the flag of New Zealand?
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Answer:
3. In which continent is Mount Everest?
a) Europe
b) America
c) Asia
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4. How high is Mount Everest?a) 8,200 metresb) 8,585 metresc) 8,848 metres
5. What did he do in the summit?a) He left some chocolatesb) He left a crossc) 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