Everest: 60 years since summit Pictures Everest: 60 years since summit Tenzing Norgay of Nepal and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand, left, show the kit they wore when conquering the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, on May 29, 1953 at the British Embassy in Katmandu, capital of Nepal, June 26, 1953. It has been 60 years since Tenzing and Hillary became the first to summit the mountain. Credit: AP