On this day in 1988, Stacy Allison of Portland, Oregon, became
the first American woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest,
which at 29,035 feet above sea level is the highest point on earth.
Allison, a member of the Northwest American Everest Expedition, climbed the Himalayan peak using the southeast ridge route.
At least 168 climbers and support staff died in attempts to reach
the top of Everest in the 20th century.
SANDY KOZEL
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963)
John F. Kennedy,known as JFK, was the 35th president of the
United States, serving from 1961 until he was assassinated in
1963.
He was the first Roman Catholic and youngest person elected
president at 43 years.
Photographer and filmmaker Jimmy Chin.
A National Geographic expedition to Mount Everest has found
remains believed to be of a 22-year-old renowned British climber
who vanished on a historic ascent in 1924.
The remains included a foot inside the mountaineer’s boot, his
name stitched into the sock.
The discovery was made by a small team including National
Geographic Explorer, photographer, and climber Jimmy Chin,
who directed the Oscar-winning documentary "Free Solo."
The sock, with Irvine’s name, was found along with a boot
and a foot, emerging from the ice of the Central Rongbuk
Glacier.
Oxford student Andrew “Sandy” Irvine.
In the last photo taken of the mountaineers, George Mallory
(left) and Sandy Irvine prepare to leave the North Col of
Everest in June 1924.
TIM MAGUIRE
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012)
At 11:30 a.m. on May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand
and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa of Nepal, become the first
explorers to reach the summit of Mount Everest, which at
29,035 feet above sea level is the highest point on earth.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reach Everest summit.
