Top of the world

Five episodes of The Explorer’s Podcast (Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay and the Conquest of Everest) deep-dive into the lives of Hillary and Norgay separately before they met each other and set out on the adventure. Over 35 minutes’ duration, the episodes offer detailed accounts of how the world affairs aligned with the issues the mountaineers faced, and why apart from extreme conditions, these became some of the primary reasons behind the many failed attempts to scale Everest.
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Straight from the horse’s mouth

This 50-minute-long documentary narrates the story of Norgay and Hillary by their sons. As mountaineers themselves, they reveal lesser-known facts about their fathers and their roles as passionate climbers and family men. At one point, Peter Hillary, son of Edmund Hillary, shares how he may have posed to be one of the biggest hurdles in his father’s journey in becoming the legend he is. It inspires as well as astonishes viewers as the sons spill out secrets of the men who made history.
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