King Charles III on Wednesday (June 14) received the sons of Mr Edmund Hillary and Mr Tenzing Norgay Sherpa to mark the 70th anniversary of the first confirmed ascent of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain.
The New Zealander and his Nepalese guide reached the summit of the 8,849m peak on May 29, 1953 as part of a British expedition led by Mr John Hunt, paving the way for thousands of others to make the daring attempt to reach the"Roof of the World".
In a message read out at a Royal Geographical Society celebratory event earlier this week, King Charles hailed the historic climb as"one of the greatest examples of endurance, combined with careful planning and collaboration". "It has not escaped my notice that there is a wonderful symmetry in the coinciding of the 70th anniversary of that achievement with my own coronation," he added.
"I dearly hope we can take inspiration from the Everest Expedition of 1953 in order to work together in a similar fashion to safeguard our beautiful world for future generations," he added.
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