TY - MANSCPT AU - Brennan,Kristine TI - Sir Edmund Hillary: Modern-Day Explorer SN - 0-7910-5953-7 PY - 2001/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Chelsea House Publishers KW - Hillary, Sir Edmund KW - Mountaineers KW - Mount Everest Expedition KW - Explorers of New Worlds N1 - 5 - 9 N2 - On May 29, 1953, Hillary stood on top of the world. He had become the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. He directed an expedition to the South Pole and across Antarctica ER -