Hillary and Tenzing: Climbing to the Roof of the World

Overview

On May 29, 1953, a lanky New Zealander named Edmund Hillary and his climbing partner, Tenzing Norgay, became the first to reach the highest point on earth ó the summit of Mt. Everest. The few brief minutes these two men spent on top of the world profoundly affected the rest of their lives. Actual footage of the climb, sound recordings, letters, diaries and intimate interviews are woven together with evocative new sequences to tell this remarkable tale of human achievement.