A 35-member team helped Edmund Hillary and his sherpa reach the top of Mount Everest in 1953. Kanchha Sherpa is the last surviving team member at age 91. Kanchha told AP that Mount Everest is now ...

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The first man to summit Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary, has died. He was 88. In 1953, Hillary — a beekeeper by trade — and his team reached the mountain's south peak. But, exhausted by the altitude ...

With re-enactments and archival material, Leanne Pooley recounts Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay’s ascent of Mount Everest. By Ben Kenigsberg Bally offers an updated version of the boots that ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Sir Edmund Hillary, the unassuming beekeeper who conquered Mount Everest to win renown as one of the 20th century's greatest adventurers, died Friday of a heart attack.

Sir Edmund Hillary’s family will ascend the mountain that made their grandfather a household name in a new documentary being launched in Cannes. Directed by Ben Webster, one of the world’s top ...

KATMANDU, Nepal -- On the eve of the 50th anniversary of his historic ascent of Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary scolded the legions of climbers partying at base camp, saying he doesn't consider ...

;AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) – Sherpas laid prayer scarves on the coffin of Edmund Hillary Tuesday as thousands across New Zealand bid farewell to the Mount Everest conqueror. About 500 New Zealand and ...

KATHMANDU – Nepal's mountaineering community celebrated the conquest of the world's highest mountain with a rally of climbers, guides and others who gathered for International Everest Day. The event ...

KATHMANDU, April 9 (Reuters Life!) - The ashes of Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to summit Mount Everest, will be kept at a memorial near the mountain and will not be scattered on the peak as he ...

Kanchha Sherpa is the last surviving team member at age 91. Kanchha told AP that Mount Everest is now "very dirty" and being disrespected by climbers. Kanchha Sherpa was part of the team that first ...

A trip to India to find work led to a career climbing the world’s highest mountain. By Victor Mather With re-enactments and archival material, Leanne Pooley recounts Edmund Hillary and Tenzing ...