The Summit
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to reach the Mount Everest. Oxygen set is an equipment and ice axe is a tool carried by the Mountaineers during their expedition. The mountaineers tied rope to a shaft, which was fixed hard in the snow. Then they would crawl along, holding on to the rope. Time was passing and the ridge seemed never ending, so their original zest was fading away. To escape from the overhanging ice cornices, Edmund Hillary cut a line of steps down the snow. The soft snow was difficult and dangerous because it was slippery. It could not bear the weight of Hillary and gave way suddenly. The snow at the higher regions was firm. Two or three blows of ice axe would sink the shaft halfway into the snow. It gave a solid comfortable belay. Thus the firm snow was helpful to the mountaineers. Hillary felt a sense of freedom and well being when he cut steps down off the South summit. Tenzing gifted to the God of lofty Summit a bar of chocolate, a packet of biscuits and a handful of lollies. Hillary placed a crucifix in a hole, which was given by Colonel Hunt.
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