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BY BILLIE MANDELBAUM Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to reach the summit of Mt. Everest when they ascended the mountain on May 29, 1953. A Nepali folk song, later written to commemorate the successful ascent, describes the expedition: “Our Tenzing Sherpa climbed the highest mountain, pulling Hillary along.” Although Norgay, a…