On this date in 1953, Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to summit Mount Everest, the world tallest mountain, at 29,029 feet.
Five more such feats:
1) K2/Karakoram (28,251 feet): The world’s second highest peak was first scaled by an Italian team led by Ardito Desio in 1954.
2) Kangchenjunga (28,169 feet): World’s third highest peak was scaled in 1955 by a British expedition led by Charles Evans.
3) Lhotse (27,940 feet): Everest’s Himalayan neighbor was summited by a Swiss team in 1956.
4) Makalu (27,838 feet): Fifth-highest in the world, one of the most isolated of the Himalayan peaks. Climbed in 1955 by a French expedition.
5) Cho Oyu (26,864 feet): Sixth-highest in the world, considered one of the least arduous of the Himalayan giants. First successful summit was by an Austrian team in
