Seventy-two years after his grandfather Sir Edmund Hillary became the first person to summit Mt Everest, Alex Hillary is ...

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. New Zealander Hillary ...

NASA has released a new image providing photographic evidence of Boom Supersonic's XB-1 prototype aircraft breaking the sound ...

In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and his climbing partner, Tenzing Norgay, became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak. Peter’s talk on Friday was titled “70 ...

Seventy-two years after his grandfather Sir Edmund Hillary became the first person to summit Mount Everest, Alex Hillary is carrying on the legendary adventurer's philanthropic legacy in Nepal. The ...

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Ever since I was invited by Sir Edmund Hillary to take part in the Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition of 1960-1961 I have had a special interest in the critical factors that allow ...

The mountain's summit remained elusive until 1953, when Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa from Nepal, successfully reached the summit. They approached from the South ...