Controversy over the first ascent of Mount Everest The two finally welcomed the dawn of truth after 46 years of dispute
One of the classical Chinese scriptures, Sun Tzu - Nine Lands, has the following record:"The Wu people and the Yue people, although they are hostile to each other, are in the same boat, and they also save each other in the wind, and they are still left and right. This shows that although the relationship between the ancient Wu people and the ancient Yue people was not good, they also rescued each other with their left and right hands when they encountered wind and waves. Wu Yue is also a metaphor for unity and overcoming difficulties together. The first two people to climb Mount Everest, their status is like this idiom, shining in the long river of human history.
When it comes to Mount Everest, people are always attracted by its majestic, flat image. In modern times, there have been countless examples of people climbing Mount Everest. Many people know that Mount Everest was first ascent on May 29, 1953, but few people know that there is a secret behind this story. That year, two people managed to reach the summit of Mount Everest: New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary and Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay. After some hard work, the two men finally reached the summit of Mount Everest. Together, they created the veritable "Huainanzi - The Art of War" in human history"Yang sails away, and there will be times when he will ride the wind and waves"。After successfully reaching the summit, they made a secret oath on Mount Everest. What exactly is this oath and why did he say it?The secret was not revealed until 46 years later.
Edmund Hillary is originally from Auckland, New Zealand, where his father was a professional beekeeper. Edmund was not interested in mountaineering since he was a child, but at the age of 16, he inadvertently participated in a mountaineering organized by his school, and since then he has developed a strong interest in mountaineering. Edmund then joined a mountaineering club to Xi learn more about mountaineering. After the outbreak of World War II, Edmund enlisted in the army, but was told to wait a year before enlisting, so he decided to use this time to travel to the Southern Alps (located in New Zealand). On this trip, Edmund met two black youths who had just returned from climbing Mount Cook in the Southern Alps. The ruthlessness of these two young men impressed Edmund, which strengthened his determination to continue learning to Xi mountaineering, and this trip would completely change Edmund's life.
After the war, Edmund retired from the Air Force and joined the New Zealand Alpine Club to begin his mountaineering career, where he met Tenzing Norgay for the first time. In 1953, the British Everest Expedition was formed, and Edmund and nine other people formed an expedition team to set out for Everest with confidence. Sherpas have lived at high altitudes for generations, and their bodies are much stronger than those of lowland people, and they are better adapted to the harsh environment of Mount Everest than the average person. Many Sherpas earn money to support their families and work as guides on Everest expeditions in their spare time. Tenzin Norgai is a Sherpa who grew up at the foot of Mount Everest, and he knows his surroundings inside out. In 1935, Tenzing Norgay started working as a guide for a mountaineering team, but for various reasons, the team did not reach the summit, much to the chagrin of Tenzing Norgay, who was also looking forward to the opportunity to summit Mount Everest.
At 11:30 a.m. on June 29, 9535, after many difficulties, they finally reached the summit of Mount Everest, which was enough to make history, because Tenzin and Edmund joined forces to reach the summit of Mount Everest, marking the first successful summit of the world's highest peak by mankind. To commemorate this great and sacred moment, they decided to take a group photo. Unfortunately, since Tenzing-Norgay does not know how to use a camera, Edmund did not leave a picture of the summit of Mount Everest, only the figure of Tenzing-Norgay holding large ice crystals and letting the flag flutter in the wind. They swore on Everest that they would not tell anyone who was the first to reach the summit of Everest, that they had reached the summit together as a team, and that after the summit mission was over, they would move in together!Return to base camp.
Four days later, shortly after Edmund Hillary ascended the throne, Queen Elizabeth II conferred the title of Sir Edmund Hillary on her for the first time, and he is still the only non-Englishman in the world to be knighted by the Queen, which made him famous, and after reaching the summit of Mount Everest, Edmund Clinton became New Zealand's national treasure mountaineer, both fame and fortune. However, the existence of this ** has not escaped the scrutiny of some people, who believe that Tenzing Norgai was the first to reach the summit and Edmund was the second, because there was no Edmund in the ** and Tenzin did not say who reached the summit first.
Edmund was asked to clarify which of them reached the summit of Everest first, but Edmund has always insisted that he and Tenzin took the oath together on Everest because they arrived at the summit as a team, regardless of who came first. For Edmund's answer, people are more suspicious, suspecting that he is hiding himself because he thinks about his fame and fortune, if it is really as he said, it is a **, he pulled the two people together for fame and fortune. After Tenzin's death, he published a book in which he admitted that he was the first person to climb Mount Everest, and Tenzin Norj followed. So, 46 years later, the truth is finally revealed.
Everyone supported Edmund's cause, believing that Edmund had until then refused to recognize that Tenzin would share the honor. Together, they made human history, and this victory must be shared by both of them.