Sir Edmund Hillary (R) and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay smile after their legendary ascent of Mount Everest (summit to the right of Hillary's head) at camp in Thyangboche, Nepal during the first interview with both men after their quest with Reuters special correspondent Peter Jackson in this file photo taken June 6, 1953. As Sir Edmund Hillary marked 50 years on Thursday since he and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay completed the first ascent of Mount Everest, the world's television viewers could watch events live from Nepal. Half a century earlier, getting the news out from the "Roof of the World" was a rather different affair, as Reuters correspondent Peter Jackson recalls in his account of his historic scoop -- the first interview with Hillary and Tenzing following their conquest of Earth's highest peak. REUTERS/Peter Jackson --- Image by © Reuters/CORBIS
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