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Originally Posted by Deaf Stan
Except we know Hillary was first. And he wore a Smiths, so . . . .
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Thanks for the image - yes I had seen that before.
We do not know Hillary was first. He, Hunt and Tenzing decided to never tell.
From Hillary’s own words...
"When we came out toward Kathmandu, there was a very strong political feeling, particularly among the Indian and Nepalese press, who very much wanted to be assured that Tenzing was first."
"That would indicate that Nepalese and Indian climbers were at least as good as foreign climbers. We felt quite uncomfortable with this at the time. John Hunt, Tenzing, and I had a little meeting. We agreed not to tell who stepped on the summit first.”
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