On this day, May 29, 1953, two men reached the summit of Mt. Everest for the first time. They were Tenzing Norgay, a Nepalese Sherpa and Sir Edmund Hilary, A Beekeeper, Mountaineer and Explorer from New Zealand. The story told upon their descent was that Hilary was first to reach the summit and therefore received all the accolades, fame, fortune and a place in history books while Norgay became a footnote on the page.
Credible evidence from unnamed but reliable sources now brings that account into question. Many now realize that it was the expert climber and veteran of many attempts to reach the summit, Tanzing Norgay that placed the first foot on the top of the world. But because it was a British funded expedition and Edmund Hilary was their guy, Norgay was forced to support the fictionalized story and “step down” in favor of Hilary.
Upon hearing the evidence last week the republican leadership in the US Congress immediately called for hearings on Hilary and his possible connection to Benghazi.