This includes one of my favorite details, which is the coded message sent to confirm the ascent: >Snow conditions bad stop advanced base abandoned yesterday st

This includes one of my favorite details, which is the coded message sent to confirm the ascent: >Snow conditions bad stop advanced base abandoned yesterday stop awaiting improvement Wikipedia[1] has the breakdown, as well as the rest of the code for other individuals[2]: >Snow conditions bad" was the agreed code to signify that the summit had been reached; "advance base abandoned" referred to Hillary and "awaiting improvement" referred to Tenzing. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_British_Mount_Everest_expedition#News_event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_British_Mount_Everest_exp... 2:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_British_Mount_Everest_expedition#cite_note-41 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_British_Mount_Everest_exp...