LONDON — King Charles III on Wednesday obtained the sons of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa to mark the seventieth anniversary of the primary confirmed ascent of Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain.
The New Zealander and his Nepalese information reached the summit of the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) peak on May 29, 1953 as a part of a British expedition led by John Hunt, paving the best way for hundreds of others to make the daring try to succeed in the “Roof of the World.”
Charles obtained Peter Hillary and Jamling Norgay, the sons of the 2 mountaineers who themselves have efficiently scaled Everest, in addition to Hunt’s daughter Sue Leyden, Buckingham Palace mentioned.
In a message learn out at a Royal Geographical Society celebratory occasion earlier this week, Charles hailed the historic climb as “one of the greatest examples of endurance, combined with careful planning and collaboration.”
He mentioned his mom, the late Queen Elizabeth II, had obtained news of the expedition’s success on the eve of her coronation in 1953.
“It has not escaped my notice that there is a wonderful symmetry in the coinciding of the 70th anniversary of that achievement with my own coronation,” he added.
Known for his eager curiosity within the setting, Charles additionally famous the challenges posed by local weather change, “which endangers fragile ecosystems, including the Himalayan range.
“I dearly hope we will take inspiration from the Everest Expedition of 1953 with a view to work collectively similarly to safeguard our lovely world for future generations,” he added.
In the previous seven many years, greater than 6,000 climbers have climbed Everest, in line with the Himalayan Database.
It stays harmful, with greater than 300 shedding their lives in the identical interval, together with 12 this yr. Five others are lacking, placing 2023 on track to be a document lethal yr. — Agence France-Presse
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