Don't post things you act like you know about. When they both reached the bottom. Hillary wrote a story that depicted their "epic" struggle to be the first to the top of Everest. Hillary's side of the story made it seem like he was the reason they got to the summit. Which, in retrospect, isn't true. He did also say that he reached the summit first. Which, in fact, he was telling the truth. This was confirmed by Tenzing Norgay in his side of the story called, "The Dream Has Come True". View from the Summit ~ Told by Hillary The Dream Has Come True ~ Told by Tenzing Norgay EDIT: I really shouldn't say Hillary wrote a story. It was more a story published by the press.