Hillary and Hunt on Everest

Title

Hillary and Hunt on Everest

Genre

Interview

TX Date

24 May 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:07:40

Description

Angela Rippon interviews Mount Everest climbers Sir Edmund Hillary and Lord John Hunt from the Royal Geographical Society in Kensington, London for LBC Drivetime following journalist Rebecca Stephens becoming the first British woman to reach the summit and as this week marks the 40th anniversary of their first successful ascent. Comment on their expedition including who actually reached the summit first, now revealed not to be Sherpa Tenzing; and the number of people now making the climb.

Contributors

John Hunt; Angela Rippon; Edmund Hillary

Keywords

China; Women; John Hunt; Journalists; Climbing; Mountaineering expeditions; Mountains; Mount Everest; Nepal; Tibet; Mountaineers; Mountaineering; Anniversaries; Drivetime (radio programme); Himalayas; Edmund Hillary; Rebecca Stephens; Royal Geographic Society; Tenzing Norgay

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