(CNN)-- Edmund Hillary, who gained worldwide fame after ... A beekeeper who served during World War II in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, Hillary began climbing while in high school and traveled ...

In 1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay ... In 2004, the National World War II memorial was dedicated on the National Mall in Washington. Thousands of veterans of the war ...

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 ...