This Week in Outdoor History: Mount Everest
This month, Samantha Larson, Appa, Rob Baber, and Bear Grylls have all made history on Mount Everest. And while their achievements are indeed noteworthy, one accomplishment – arguably the most significant event in outdoor history – on Everest started them all.
May 27, 1937: Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opened.
May 29, 1953: edmund hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
May 31, 1961: South Africa became an independent republic.
June 4, 1892: The Sierra Club, led by John Muir, was incorporated in San Francisco
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