Successful planning case study – The first ascent of Mount Everest

Detailed and flexible planning was a key success factor for the 1st ascent of Mount Everest on  May 29, 1953; when Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the 8848-meter summit of Mount Everest, becoming the first people to stand atop the world’s highest mountain. Considering reconnaissance and climbing expeditions starting in 1921, it …