3rd July 1953: From left to right, Colonel John Hunt, Tenzing Norgay (better known as Sherpa Tensing), and Edmund Hillary.

Pictured from left to right, Colonel John Hunt, Tenzing Norgay, and Edmund Hillary make a jubilant return to Britain after becoming the first men to scale Mount Everest.

Photograph by George W. Hales, Getty Images

An Embarrassing Everest Moment: 60 Years Later

After a groundbreaking expedition, a Presidential faux pas.

ByAlyson Foster
Published May 31, 2013