On this date in history: In 1660, Charles II was restored to the English throne. In 1790, Rhode Island became the last of the original 13 states to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1914, the ...

Weather records from the 1920s may finally put to rest questions over whether Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay really were the first people to reach the top of Mt Everest. It's one of ...

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The 1953 expedition that took Tenzing and Edmund Hillary, a New Zealander, to Everest is called the John Hunt Expedition. There were 400 people involved, including 20 Sherpa guides. Tenzing was ...

Since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first reached the summit of Mount Everest in 1953, conquering the world's highest peak has been a goal of almost every serious mountaineer on the planet.

As the world celebrates the 70th anniversary of the conquest of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953, by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay — the youngest son of the legendary Sherpa talks about why the ...