| TENZING | Sherpa who accompanied Edmund Hillary to the summit of Everest 1953 (7) |
| EVEREST | New Zealand climber Edmund Hillary, accompanied by Sherpa Norgay Tenzing, climbed to the summit of this mountain on May 29, 1953 |
| EDMUND | New Zealand climber ... Hillary, accompanied by Sherpa Norgay Tenzing, climbed to the summit of Everest on May 29, 1953 |
| ASCENTS | Climbs to the summits of mountains or hills measured with altimeters (7) |
| TRIUMPH | Trump restrains first person to tip Hillary to win (7) |
| BANKSIA | Genus of evergreen Australian shrubs (family Proteaceae) named after the botanist who accompanied James Cook's circumnavigation of the globe (1768-71) (7) |
| TROOPER | Mounted policeman of the type who accompanied the squatter (mounted on his thoroughbred) in the Aust |
| ATLEAST | If nothing else, finally conquered summit of Everest (2,5) |
| ICEOVER | I shelter round summit of Everest and freeze (3,4) |
| ANTHILL | Want Hillary to hold termite mound (7) |
| COLLINS | Michael _, American astronaut who accompanied Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Apollo 11 mission (7) |
| NASCENT | Just starting northern route to the summit (7) |
| WRITEUP | All the way to the summit sounded flatter on paper |
| NORGAY | Sherpa who reached the summit of Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary on 29 May 1953 (7,6) |
| TENZINGNORGAY | Sherpa who reached the summit of Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary on 29 May 1953 |
| UPSURGE | Hike to the summit and wave (7) |
| PRIMUS | Brand of portable stove used at the summit of Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay (6) |
| ASCENT | Measured by use of an altimeter, a climb to the summit of a mountain (6) |
| NEPAL | Its border runs across the summit of Everest |
| FITSOFPEAK | Tantrums as you near the summit of Everest? |
