Richard Steinwinkler, an experienced mountaineer and a member of the Adventure Club of Europe, was climbing in the Himalayas ...

In his latest dispatch from the hike to Mount Everest Base Camp, the writer discusses how the booming tourism industry has ...

has been part of numerous rescues on the mountain and in 2018 was awarded the Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal for his “remarkable service in the conservation of culture and nature in mo ...

The sun never rises and temperatures drop to -50, but many of Scott Base’s winter crew of 12 people keep coming back.

Herbert Ponting / Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge / Getty Images Edward Wilson ... their rock hut was none other than Sir Edmund Hillary. He was in the area testing snow ...

Apa and the team members savored the views from the top, and took pictures before starting their climb down ... More than 3,000 people have climbed Mt Everest since Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund ...

(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 ...