Hillary Clinton Did Not Climb Everest—Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay Did (1953)

Hillary Clinton has never summited Mount Everest.

The first confirmed ascent was on May 29, 1953 by:

• Sir Edmund Hillary (New Zealand mountaineer)
• Tenzing Norgay (Sherpa, Nepal)

They were part of the British expedition led by John Hunt. Hillary (Edmund) and Clinton (Hillary) share a surname—no relation.

Other Notable Ascents

• 1975: Junko Tabei (first woman)
• 1978: Reinhold Messner & Peter Habeler (first without supplemental oxygen)
• 2019: Record 891 summits in one season (crowding crisis)