Mt. Everest Was 1st Summited 60 Years Ago Today | NBC Nightly News Report “It is still the top of the world, make no mistake. In recent year’s it’s taken on something of a less rarified air, something closer to a ‘tourist attraction’.” – Brain Williams of NBC Nightly News Edmund Hillary, a bee-keeper from New Zealand, and Tenzing Norgay, a sherpa from Nepal, summited Mount Everest 60 years ago today on May 29th, […] SnowBrains | May 29, 2013 2 Comments