Sir Edmund Hillary joins Everest mountaineers in carriage procession

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1. Mid shot Sir Edmund Hillary and his wife, June in carriage with Dyalzen Sherpa, the only surviving Sherpa from the 1953 expedition, at start of procession 2. Close up Hillary 3. Cutaway horses 4. Wide shot shot procession Sir Edmund Hillary and his wife, June waving, Gurkha army band playing 5. Schoolchildren in procession 6. Trombone 7. Various procession 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jamlin Norgay, son of Tenzing Norgay: "I feel honoured and privileged to be sitting here today celebrating the 50th anniversary and I wish it was my father sitting here instead of me. But I know he is very much in spirit here with us and we will do everything we can to represent him." 9. Two shots schoolchildren carrying placards saying "Summiteers you are great." 10. Cutaway police 11. Hillary and wife sitting at ceremony with Junko Tabei and Dyalzen Sherpa, the only surviving Sherpa from the 1953 expedition 12. People watching from windows 13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sir Edmund Hillary: "What can I say. It's been a wonderful morning and we say our thanks to you and our thanks to Nepal for your warmth and your generosity. Thank you very much." 14. Hillary being presented with presented with framed picture- gift from Nepal Mountaineering Association 15. Wide above 16. Cutaway crowd 17. Cutaway of Reinhold Messner of Italy, the first to climb it without bottled oxygen 18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sir Edmund Hillary: "What can I say. It's been a wonderful morning and we say our thanks to you and our thanks to Nepal for your warmth and your generosity. Thank you very much." 19. Crowd 20. Jamlin Norgay, son of Tenzing Norgay being presented with framed picture- gift from Nepal Mountaineering Association 21. Hilary signing Katmandu City's visitor book 22. SOUNDBITE: (English) June Carlisle, Sir Edmund Hillary's sister: "I think it is very thrilling to be here after all this is where it all happened but I do hope that regulations will be brought in so the mountain isn't ruined. There are just too many expeditions going up now leaving their rubbish." 23. Cutaway onlookers 24. Wide shot ceremony STORYLINE: Sir Edmund Hillary and a Sherpa from the 1953 Mount Everest expedition led a colourful procession of hundreds of climbers and their fans through the Nepalese capital on Tuesday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the conquest of the world's tallest mountain. Gyalzen Sherpa, 85, one of three surviving Sherpas from the first successful Everest expedition, climbed into a horse-drawn carriage with Hillary, 83, and his wife, June, and placed yellow scarves around their necks. They set off at the head of a parade of carriages bearing other famous Everest mountaineers, while a Gurkha army band played bagpipes and drums, and children waved flags and signs. Jamlin Norgay, son of Tenzing Norgay, rode the second carriage, with Junko Tabei from Japan, the first woman the climb Everest. The procession paused in Katmandu's central Durbar Square, where the Nepal Mountaineering Association and city officials handed scarves, books, wooden carvings and photographs to the famous climbers, also including Reinhold Messner, the first person to climb Everest without bottled oxygen. More than 1,300 climbers have scaled the summit in the past 50 years. Two-thirds of them are believed to be still alive, although only about 100 have come to Nepal's weeklong celebration. Organisers of the celebrations said they were expecting between 200-300 climbers to join the festivities. The climbers are scheduled to be honoured by Nepal's King Gyanendra and Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand on Thursday's 50th anniversary. To mark the anniversary, a record number of people are climbing Everest this month. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/93032bf282e67682042966810fe71eb7 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork