今年是珠穆朗玛峰首次被成功登顶的70周年。1953年5月29日，新西兰养蜂人埃德蒙·希拉里和夏尔巴人登山家丹增·诺盖成为第一批登上8848米高的世界最高峰的人。本文主要介绍了他们登顶珠峰时的相关情况。
On May 29, in 1953, New Zealand beekeeper Edmund Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first people to stand on the 8848m summit (顶峰) of the world’s tallest mountain.
1953年5月29日，新西兰养蜂人埃德蒙·希拉里和夏尔巴人登山家丹增·诺盖成为第一批登上8848米高的世界最高峰的人。
They were 1 to be given the chance. Nepal’s government would only allow one expedition (探险) a year, 2 this was a big deal. British expedition leader John Hunt asked Mr Hillary and another New Zealander, George Lowe, to join his 3 . More than 400 people on the expedition climbed the mountain in stages, moving to a 4 camp every few weeks to get used to the high altitude (海拔). At each stage, fewer and fewer people would 5 to climb.
他们很幸运能得到这个机会。尼泊尔政府每年只允许一次探险，所以这是一件大事。英国探险队队长约翰·亨特邀请希拉里先生和另一位新西兰人乔治·洛加入他的攀登。探险队中有400多人分阶段攀登珠峰，每隔几周就搬到更高的营地，以适应高海拔。在每个阶段，越来越少的人会继续攀登。
At the final 6 , only two teams were chosen to try for the summit. The 7 team of Tom Bourdillon and Charles Evans got within 91m of the top, but had to 8 . Mr Hillary and Mr Tenzing then 9 . They ran 10 difficulties, including a 12m-high rock wall — later named “Hillary’s Step” — but became the first humans to climb to the top of the world. Because the air was so 11 and it was hard to breathe, they stayed for just a few 12 .
在最后一个营地，只有两支队伍被选中尝试登顶。由汤姆·波迪龙和查尔斯·埃文斯组成的第一组距离顶峰只有91米，但不得不折返。随后，希拉里和丹增进行了尝试。他们遇到了困难，包括一堵12米高的石墙——后来被命名为“希拉里台阶”——但他们成为了第一批登上世界之巅的人类。因为空气稀薄，呼吸困难，他们只待了几分钟。
Mr Hillary took a photograph of Mr Tenzing on the summit, not thinking to get one of himself, before 13 pictures of the main ridges (山脊) leading away from Everest, to prove they had reached their goal.
希拉里先生在山顶给丹增拍了一张照片，并没有想过要给自己拍一张，然后又拍了一些通往珠峰的主要山脊的照片，以证明他们已经到达了目的地。
While Mr Hillary always thought their 14 climb would interest other climbers, he did not expect 15 worldwide excitement would follow.
尽管希拉里先生一直认为，他们的成功攀登会引起其他登山者的兴趣，但他没有预料到，世界范围内的兴奋会随之而来。
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