Platinum Jubilee of iconic first Mount Everest Conquerors EDMUND HILLARY AND TENZING NORGAY ON 5 JUNE by IMF
It was on May 29, 1953, six years after India attained independence from foreign yoke that Sir Edmund Hillary and his guide cum Porter then, Tenzing Norgay climbed the highest peak in the world ” Mount Everest”, for the very first time, etching their names in the annals of World history, a historic event ever to be made in adventure mountain climbing reaching to the highest peak of the world situated at 8,849 metres above sea level.
In order to commemorate the platinum jubilee of this historic event the “Indian Mountaineering Foundation’s”, President Professor Harshwanti Bisht, a prestigious Arjuna Award and Sir Edmund Hillary legacy Medal recipient is organising the first Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of the FIRST ASCENT Of Mount Everest in New Delhi on 5 th June, 2023, the significant occasion being graced by the chief guest of the event, Secretary Youth Affairs, Government of India IAS Meeta Rajiv Lochan and additional secretary, ministry of Roads, Transport and Highways IAS Anil Kumar Ghosh.
The scions of both Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Tenzing Norgay namely Mr. Peter Hillary and Jamling Tenzing Norgay, who are also outstanding mountaineers will be felicitated on this significant occasion.
Kindly recall that son of the first Mount Everest Victor Edmund Hillary , 68 years old Peter Hillary is an adventurous New Zealander mountaineer who has to his credit becoming the Mount Everest Victor in 1990 as his father did in 1953, and also being the first record breaker father son duo to climb Mount Everest.
An adventurist mountaineering enthusiast Peter Hillary has achieved two summits of Everest, outstanding feats indeed – an 84 day challenging trek across ANTARTICA to the South Pole and another expedition guiding astronaut NEIL Armstrong inorder to land an Aircraft at the North Pole.
Always following his father’s footsteps as an adventurous mountaineering Peter Edmund Hillary never gave up even after climbing the highest peak Mount Everest as his father and further climbed many of the world’s major peaks this on 19 June, 2008 completing all the SEVEN SUMMITS, successfully achieving triumph by reaching the top of all the peaks of seven continents, a rare achievement including conquering Denali in Alaska.
Similarly, the son of the legendary first Mount Everest climber Tenzing Norgay’s, Jamling Tenzing Norgay is also the conqueror of Mount Everest in 1996 with a team of mountaineering led by David Breshears that included Mountaineers ED Vieschurs and Araceli Segarra, the adventurous journey of the success documented in a 1998 IMAX film titled “Everest”.
Following the footsteps of his iconic first Mount Everest winner father – he too became the second father son due to conquer Mount Everest after Peter Hillary, son of Edmund Hillary who also conducted a challenging Ocean to Sky expedition in the Ganges via his Jet boat in 1977, an outstanding feat against rising gushing waves of the Ganges. This was Edmund Hillary’s last big expedition documented by Michael Dillon.
Also an author of an outstanding book highlighting his late iconic father’s summit experience and his own in his book titled ” TOUCHING MY FATHER’S SOUL, Jamling Tenzing Norgay primarily highlights the brave expedition works executed by dedicated n brave Sherpas to help wealthy climbers reach summit to obtain income by guiding them throughout and also carrying their luggage etc.
His book is also famous for highlighting the most tragic and challenging expedition of 1996 when he successfully climbed Mount Everest but twelve climbers succumbed to the badly n disastrous inclement weather on May 1996.
