Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
On 29 May 1953, beekeeper-turned-mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first people confirmed to reach the summit of Mount Everest 🏔️
This newsreel captures their hero’s welcome back in Auckland — and later Papakura — where Hillary reflects on the final “bastard” of a step that nearly stopped him, and how the Southern Alps helped him prepare for the world’s highest peak.
🎥 Watch the full short film, and explore a lifetime of adventure and humanitarian work in The Sir Edmund Hillary Collection 🔗 Link in bio.
#nzhistory #edmundhilary
On 29 May 1953, beekeeper-turned-mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first people confirmed to reach the summit of Mount Everest 🏔️
This newsreel captures their hero’s welcome back in Auckland — and later Papakura — where Hillary reflects on the final “bastard” of a step that nearly stopped him, and how the Southern Alps helped him prepare for the world’s highest peak.
🎥 Watch the full short film, and explore a lifetime of adventure and humanitarian work in The Sir Edmund Hillary Collection 🔗 Link in bio.
#nzhistory #edmundhilary
