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Sir Ed's 1953 ascent of Mt Everest brought him world-wide fame.
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Actually, it was not so much the
ascent that brought him notoriety, but his subsequent
descent. There is too much evidence that George Mallory beat him to the top in 1924. Only he never made it back down. Hillary was the first to succesfully
complete the summit of Everest. But he wasn't the first to see it.