To have climbed

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#165693 Sat, 03 Dec 05 02:54 PM

Could you please tell me whether the following sentence is fine?
Would you use the words 'to have' ?

THE first man to have climbed the Everest is Sir Edmund Hillary.

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pieanne

#165718 Sat, 03 Dec 05 03:52 PM

It is used; maybe "to climb" is more frequent.

pieanne

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