Sir Edmund Hillary is famous because he was the first person to stand at the top of Mount Everest in 1953. Sir Edmund Hillary climbed it with another person called Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. They were the first people to climb to the summit of Mount Everest. Sir Edmund Hillary wanted a friend so he picked Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. On the 4th of January 1957 he went to the South Pole on a tractor. Sir Edmund Hillary is known for being the first person to stand and the North pole and the South pole. He is remembered because he is on the $5 note. He also created the Himalayan trust to help Nepal. He is a terribly cool explorer and he is so famous.
By Jahnaya
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