After climbing the tallest peak in six continents, there was only one peak left for Duke Pigott to scale— Mount Everest.

Brian Hafeman, a local real estate agent and owner of Hafeman Realty & AgLand, joined his uncle, John Jackson for the climb ...

The event Thursday marked the 72nd anniversary of the first summit climb of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953, by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay. Nepal’s minister for culture ...

Nepal's mountaineering community has celebrated the conquest of the world's highest mountain with a rally of climbers, guides ...

They were the first mountaineers to die on Mount Everest in the current climbing ... Subrata Ghosh, 45, from India, died on Thursday below the Hillary Step while returning after reaching the ...

Hillary and Sherpa were in their early years when they left everything and joined the 1935 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition. International Everest Day is observed on May 29 every ...

Mr. Kanchha was just a young man when he joined the Hillary-Tenzing expedition. He was among the three Sherpas to go the last camp on Everest along with Hillary and Tenzing. They could not go any ...

Mount Everest Day is an annual celebration observed on May 29th to commemorate the historic achievement of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, who became the first climbers to successfully ...

A personal bond and their love for the mountains, which helped Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary scale Mt Everest on May 29, 1953, continues even after 70 years. They will also release 70 ...

An unassuming and phlegmatic man, Hillary resisted saying so for much of his life. A warmth and respect flourished between the two Everest conquerors. Hillary developed a life-long love affair ...

A climber from Hungary has gone out of contact from the Hillary Step area above 8,000m on Mt Everest since yesterday. According to the expedition organiser, Suhajda Szilard went missing after he ...

Hillary and Tenzing put the top of the world on the bucket list for adventure seekers and established a tourism industry in one of the most remote valleys in the world, writes Thomas Bywater. Now ...