On May 29, 1953, Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa guide, became the first men to climb the 29, 035 feet to the top of Everest and safely return.

CNN: Final farewell for Edmund Hillary

Did they make it then, 29 years before Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay?

ECONOMIST: Madness and its men

It wanted photos of famous partners in exploration:the Apollo 11 crew of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, and Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norgay.

FORBES: Image Enhancement