<P> Snow and wind delayed them at the South Col for two days . They set out on 28 May with the support of Lowe, Alfred Gregory, and Ang Nyima . The two pitched a tent at 27,900 feet (8,500 m) on 28 May, while their support group returned down the mountain . On the following morning Hillary discovered that his boots had frozen solid outside the tent . He spent two hours warming them over a stove before he and Tenzing, wearing 30 - pound (14 kg) packs, attempted the final ascent . The final obstacle was the 40 - foot (12 m) rock face now called "Hillary Step"; Hillary later wrote: </P> <P> I noticed a crack between the rock and the snow sticking to the East Face . I crawled inside and wriggled and jammed my way to the top...Tenzing slowly joined me and we moved on . I chopped steps over bump after bump, wondering a little desperately where the top could be . Then I saw the ridge ahead dropped away to the north and above me on the right was a rounded snow dome . A few more whacks with my ice - axe and Tenzing and I stood on top of Everest . </P> <P> Tenzing later wrote that Hillary took the first step onto the summit and he followed . They reached Everest's 29,028 ft (8,848 m) summit--the highest point on earth--at 11: 30 am . </P> <P> They spent about 15 minutes at the summit . Hillary took a photo of Tenzing posing with his ice - axe, but there is no photo of Hillary . BBC News attributed this to Tenzing's having never used a camera; Tenzing's autobiography says that Hillary simply declined to have his picture taken . They also took photos looking down the mountain . </P>

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