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 ...

(CNN)-- 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.

The second of the triumvirate was Tenzing Norgay, the charismatic leader of ... thought themselves as British as the islanders themselves. Edmund Hillary the beekeeper was a big, burly, merry ...

International Everest Day is observed on May 29 every year in order to commemorate two brave climbers Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa who climbed the highest mountain in the world on ...

On 29 May 1953, Edmund Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. Here is a quiz on the expedition ...

In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay summited Mt Everest – the first to do so. That same year, back in Hillary’s home land of New Zealand, the jetboat was invented. With this new invention, ...

Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were immortalized when they became the first humans to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953 But the Himalayas had gripped adventurers from around the ...

On May 29, 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and climbing companion Tenzing Norgay became the first to scale the summit of Mount Everest. It took the two men 15 hours to reach the top. They got to enjoy ...