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 ...

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

The remains of Mount Everest climber Sandy Irvine from 1924 have finally been found over 100 years since the expedition took ...

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 ...

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.

Nepal is tightening access to Mount Everest by requiring climbers to summit a 7 000-metre mountain first, aiming to improve ...

She’ll play Jill Henderson, the secretary of the Himalayan Club and a friend of Norgay’s who helped organise expeditions up Mt Everest. Nepali actor Thinley Lhamo has also been cast in an ...

“I am in my top ... of Everest and nearby Himalayan peaks is done in April and May, when weather conditions are most favourable. Everest was first climbed in 1953 by New Zealander Edmund Hillary ...

A new bill proposes much-needed reforms of rules governing climbing and cleaning up the mountain.

According to modern historical records, 7,269 recorded individuals have summited Mount Everest, from Edmund Hillary’s history ... but he’s stood at the top 10 times. Ang, who is originally ...