After six years of failure, near-death experiences on Everest, and walking away just 900 metres from the summit, Samir Patham ...

A plaque has been installed at a school to commemorate a teacher who was part of the first expedition to conquer Mount Everest.

The ascent of Mount Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953 was one of the greatest human achievements of ...

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The son of New Zealand beekeepers, Edmund Hillary developed a love of mountain climbing at a young age. And in the 1950s, he had the opportunity to join British expeditions with the goal of climbing ...

The statues of New Zealander Edmund Hillary, left, and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay, who became the first climbers to reach the top of 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) Everest on May 29, 1953 is seen ...

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.

Hundreds of climbers and their Sherpa guides scaled Mount Everest this month in Nepal, struggling against harsh weather to make it to the summit of the world's highest mountain before the climbing ...

Sir Edmund Hillary, the first climber to scale the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, has died aged 88. New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark described the explorer as a heroic figure and said all ...

Seventy-two years after his grandfather Sir Edmund Hillary became the first person to summit Mt Everest, Alex Hillary is carrying on the legendary adventurer’s philanthropic legacy in Nepal. The ...