Edmund Hillary, who gained worldwide fame after he and guide Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, has died after suffering a heart attack. New Zealander Hillary ...
Beyond Irvine's family, there was another individual who wanted to know the answer to the mystery: the first confirmed man to summit Everest, Edmund Hillary. "I haven't the faintest idea," Hillary ...
Seventy-two years after his grandfather Sir Edmund Hillary became the first person to summit Mt Everest, Alex Hillary is carrying on the legendary adventur ...
Ever since I was invited by Sir Edmund Hillary to take part in the Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition of 1960-1961 I have had a special interest in the critical factors that allow ...
Seventy-two years after his grandfather Sir Edmund Hillary became the first person to summit Mount Everest, Alex Hillary is carrying on the legendary adventurer's philanthropic legacy in Nepal. The ...
On this date in history: In 1660, Charles II was restored to the English throne. In 1790, Rhode Island became the last of the original 13 states to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1914, the ...
Tenzing Norgay When Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Everest in 1953 with New Zealander Edmund Hillary, he had no idea how his life would change. From that moment on, Tenzing became an ...
Those who’ve trodden trails before us, from Sir Edmund Hillary to Henry David Thoreau, have left painted literary pictures that inspire the next generation to push beyond their own perceived ...
It was the end of an historic year for our small country. Edmund Hillary had scaled Mt Everest. We had crossed the 2 million population mark. And to top it all off, the country’s new monarch ...