WITH A FOREWORD BY SIR RANULPH FIENNESCELEBRATING 70 YEARS OF THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL EVEREST ASCENT 19532023This beautifully illustrated book tells the incredible story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay the first people ever to set foot on the top of Everest. Ideal for readers aged 8In the late morning of May 29th 1953 the sun was shining brightly on the roof of the world a gentle breeze was blowing and two men were there to witness it for the first time ever. Their names were Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay and the roof of the world was Everest.This is the breathtaking story of how two very different yet equally determined men battled frostbiting temperatures tumbling ice rocks powerful winds and deathdefying ridges to climb the worlds highest mountain.