An expedition is planning to take clients up the world's tallest mountain in record time with xenon gas. But some in the ...

Fifty years ago, on May 29, 1953, two men stood on the summit of Mount Everest, Chomo-lungma (Goddess ... British as the islanders themselves. Edmund Hillary the beekeeper was a big, burly ...

(CNN)-- Edmund Hillary, who gained worldwide fame after ... the first men known to have climbed the 29,035 feet to the top of Everest and safely return. A beekeeper who served during World War ...

Ever since I was invited by Sir Edmund Hillary to take part in the Himalayan ... It was not possible to put a bicycle ergometer on the top of Mt. Everest; there is a limit to what can be done ...

Sir Edmund Hillary and other Mount Everest pioneers say the world's tallest ... There are about a dozen routes to the top, including the southern one that Hillary and Norgay used.

In 1997, I had the privilege of chaperoning the late Sir Edmund Hillary during his visit to ... one featured in the only photo taken at the top of Everest. The reason? Tenzing didn’t know ...

The 8,848.86 metre Mt. Everest tempts many ardent climbers. As of now, nearly 9,000 mountaineers have made it to the summit from the Nepal side since Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund Hillary first ...

Tenzing Norgay When Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Everest in 1953 with New Zealander Edmund ... if the top of Everest could be reached until May 29, 1953 when he and Ed Hillary ...

Sir Edmund Hillary's daughter Sarah Hillary is setting out to conquer Everest in her own way. Photo / Amalia Osborne She’s internationally renowned for her work as an art conservator ...

The queen shared top billing, though ... “Lynn Arave: When Sir Edmund Hillary of Mount Everest fame hiked the High Uintas — twice, and more mountain tales” A final note: On this day in ...

(CNN) -- Prime Minister Helen Clark said today that the passing of Sir Edmund Hillary is a profound loss to New Zealand. "My thoughts are with Lady Hillary, Sir Edmund's children, wider family, and ...