Having reached Everest's summit for the first time, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay shared, with elation and relief, their ...

Edmund Hillary, a New Zealand beekeeper, was the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953. His achievement became a symbol of human determination and courage, exemplified by Kami Rita ...

Sir Edmund Hillary, who has died at the age of 88, made it to the summit of Everest in 1953, and became the first man on the planet to reach its highest point. As a boy in New Zealand, Edmund ...

Apple's 'Tenzing' has tapped Genden Phuntsok for the lead role of sherpa Tenzing Norgay, who summited Mt. Everest in 1953.

History is repeating itself in the world of controversial sports records.

New Zealand’s highest peak is set to feature as the world’s highest peak in an upcoming biopic about Sherpa mountaineer ...

Adventurers Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay stand atop the world as the first climbers to reach the summit. Read more.

Nepal’s mountaineering community has celebrated the 72nd anniversary of the conquest of the world’s highest peak.

The Department of Conservation (DOC) has approved filming on Malte Brun Pass near the Tasman Glacier and near the Hochstetter Icefall on the eastern side of Aoraki/Mount Cook, which will ‘double’ as ...

Tokyo International Airport, Japan, Dec. 10, 1960: Sir Edmund Hillary, mountaineer and explorer, addresses gathered journalists at Tokyo International Airport, Dec. 10, 1960. Sir Hillary is on his ...