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First published in 2006 by Red Rocket Readers, an imprint of Flying Start Books Ltd.

Reprinted 2007, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2019.

13/45 Karepiro Drive, Auckland 0932, New Zealand.

story Diana Freeman

Printed in New Zealand

Photographs on cover, 4, 10, 14 and 16 supplied by The Royal Geographic Society

Photograph on page 6 supplied by Stock Central

All other photographs supplied by iStock Photo

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Word Count = 304

Mt. Everest is the highest mountain in the world.

It is 29,000 feet (or 8,848 meters) high. Many people

tried to climb Mt. Everest, but nobody could get to

the top. Some people died climbing there. In May 1953,

two men reached the top. They were Edmund Hillary,

from New Zealand, and Tenzing Norgay, from Nepal.

Use Teacher Talk to stimulate discussion of topic.

Develop research skills based on this topic.

Use Table of Contents to locate specific information.

Refer to Glossary to clarify basic concepts.

Observe silent letters: high climb right young

Use captions to expand on text.

Locate suffixes in text: er est ed

Identify letters and sound of digraph ph : photographs

Use commas to aid phrasing and fluency.

Promote drama, writing or art as follow-up activities.

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ISBN 978-1-776853-41-0

First to the Top

written by Diana Freeman

Contents Page

Edmund Hillary 2-3

Tenzing Norgay and the Sherpas 4-5

Special gear 6-7

Climbing 8-9

Strongest climbers 10-11

Last try 12-13

At the top 14-15

World news 16

Edmund Hillary was a young man

who lived in New Zealand .

He liked climbing high mountains .

In 1953 , he went to Nepal to climb

the highest mountain in the world .

Mt . Everest

Hillary was with a team of climbers who

all

wanted

to

go

to

the

top

of

Mt .

Everest .

They were helped by men called Sherpas ,

who lived in Nepal .

Tenzing Norgay was a strong Sherpa .

Sherpas

They

made

a

camp

with

tents

on

the

snow .

The climbers had special clothes to keep

them warm and dry .

They had ice axes and strong ropes .

They needed snow goggles and boots

with spikes .

When the weather was right , the men

climbed higher and higher all day .

They made new camps as they went up .

Sometimes there were snowstorms .

Then they had to wait in the camps .

All

the

men

wanted

to

be

first

to

the

top .

The two strongest climbers were chosen .

Hillary and Tenzing climbed together to

try to reach the top of Mt . Everest .

Hillary and Tenzing

They left the last camp and climbed

higher and higher all morning .

They had oxygen masks to help them

breathe the mountain air .

It was hard work climbing over rocks

and snow and ice .

They

had

to

cut

steps

with

their

ice

axes .

Mt . Everest

At last , they reached the top !

They were standing at the highest

place in the world !

They put three flags in the snow to

show that they had been there .

Tenzing Norgay , 1953

Nobody had ever been there before !

Hillary took some photographs of

Tenzing .

They looked down at the other mountains .

Then it was time to climb back down to

their camp .

Everybody was happy when they got back .

People all around the world were pleased .

At last , two strong men had reached the

highest place in the world .

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