Edmund Hillary, left, Col. John Hunt, center and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay look towards Mount Everest in July 1953. AP. There are rules that require climbers to bring down their own trash, equipment ...

His father, Tenzing Norgay, and New Zealander Edmund Hillary were the first to reach Mount Everest's summit in 1953. Edmund Hillary, left, and Tenzing Norgay are shown on June 26, 1953.

He's also the son of Tenzing Norgay, one of the first men in history to summit Mt. Everest. In his book, Jamling Norgay recounts his 1996 Mt. Everest ascent: the climb and its familial meaning.

Norgay, the eldest son of the great Tenzing Norgay who, in 1953 with Sir Edmund Hillary was first to climb Mt. Everest, restated his hope that the Sherpa community would be better compensated for ...

An avalanche on Mount Everest on Friday, which killed 16 Nepalese Sherpa guides, has reignited debate over the unique dangers Sherpa climbers face as they escort foreign expeditions up the world's ...

Mr Norgay and Mr Hillary reached the summit of Mount Everest at 11:30 AM on May 29,1953, but the world came to know of their achievement only on June 2, the day of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation.

Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay after their legendary ascent of Mount Everest Peter Jackson /Reuters. By . Rob Verger is liaison to Newsweek’s foreign editions and also reports ...

Mountaineer Jamling Tenzing Norgay says Mount Everest has “changed a great deal” since his father accompanied Edmund Hillary to the top in 1953.

The sons of the first men to summit Mount Everest met by chance on Saturday as they sheltered from an avalanche triggered at the world’s highest peak by an earthquake in Nepal. Jamling Tenzing ...

Kanchha Sherpa, 91, was among the 35 members in the team that put New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay atop the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) peak on May 29, 1953.

He's also the son of Tenzing Norgay, one of the first men in history to summit Mt. Everest. In his book, Touching My Father's Soul , Jamling Norgay recounts his 1996 Mt. Everest ascent: the climb ...