Having reached Everest's summit for the first time, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay shared, with elation and relief, their ...

Edmund Hillary, a New Zealand beekeeper, was the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953. His achievement became a symbol of human determination and courage, exemplified by Kami Rita ...

"To the discerning eye, other mountains are visible—giants between 23,000 and 26,000 feet high. Not one of their slenderer ...

Sir Edmund Hillary, who has died at the age of 88, made it to the summit of Everest in 1953, and became the first man on the planet to reach its highest point. As a boy in New Zealand, Edmund ...

History is repeating itself in the world of controversial sports records.

The Department of Conservation (DOC) approved filming on Malte Brun Pass near the Tasman Glacier and near the Hochstetter ...

New Zealand’s highest peak is set to feature as the world’s highest peak in an upcoming biopic about Sherpa mountaineer ...

Nepal’s mountaineering community has celebrated the 72nd anniversary of the conquest of the world’s highest peak. The International Everest Day rally in Kathmandu on Thursday marks the ...

Hundreds of climbers and their Sherpa guides scaled Mount Everest this month in Nepal, struggling against harsh weather to make it to the summit of the world's ...