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

New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest. The two were part of the ...

A little over a year after making a worldwide deal for Tenzing, a new film based on the true story of sherpa Tenzing Norgay ...

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 ...

New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese climber Tenzing Norgay - both part of Hunt's team - were the men who ultimately planted the Union jack on the 29,000-ft peak. In doing so, they became ...

Do you think Edmund Hillary was passionate about climbing Mt. Everest? How about Chuck Yeager? Could he have been the first ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On June 2, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II was ...

Nepal’s mountaineering community has celebrated the 72nd anniversary of the conquest of the world’s highest peak.

Tokyo International Airport, Japan, Dec. 10, 1960: Sir Edmund Hillary, mountaineer and explorer, addresses gathered journalists at Tokyo International Airport, Dec. 10, 1960. Sir Hillary is on his ...