Pros And Cons Of Hillary And Norgay

Many people try to climb Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on Earth, but not many are able to succeed this once in a lifetime experience. The first people to ever reach the summit of Mount Everest were Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on May 29, 1953. The two did not realize the dangers that they would face during their goal of reaching the summit. Since the journey was taken by Hillary and Tenzing, many others have tried to take the same challenge but caused damage during the expedition. Climbing Mount Everest can be a huge accomplishment but also an eye-opening experience about the damage others can do by not caring.
Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were both adventurous men. Hillary was a beekeeper but had climbed many mountains in his spare time. Norgay was a Sherpa that lead others on climbs and lived in Nepal. Norgay had tried to climb Mount Everest before but was never successful. Hillary knew that he was not going to let anything stop him and Norgay from reaching the top of the mountain. They set out to accomplish their goal that many work their whole lives to complete. They did not know the many challenges they would face during their trip up the mountain.
The dangers and cons that come with climbing Mount Everest can even become deadly. The challenges that two faced were narrow ridges, 10,000 foot drops from the mountain, and …show more content…
Climbers would take supplies, such as oxygen tanks and tents, with them during their trek but would leave it on their way back down to reduce the weight that they had to carry. By mid-2013, nearly 4,000 climbers had made it tot he summit of Everest and this left a huge amount of waste. Overtime the garbage and human waste became harder to remove because the cold and frozen conditions kept it frozen in place. This was a huge con also because it was not only sad to see but also a danger to climbers of falling or slipping on the