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 ...

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

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

On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal became the first climbers to reach the summit of ...

Sir Edmund Hillary, who has died at the age of 88 ... battling the effects of high altitude and bad weather, Sir Edmund and Tenzing Norgay managed to reach the peak at 1130 local time on 29 May. The ...

Al Beeber Lethbridge Herald Since Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of the 8,849-metre-high (29,031 ft.) Mount ...

Everest was first climbed in 1953 by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepali Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. More than 300 people have died on Everest since then.

Video. A rally wound through the streets of Kathmandu on Thursday, marking 72 years since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay ...

To reach Everest's summit Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay had to climb sheer rock, while battling treacherous ice and a deadly lack of oxygen on the most dangerous part of the mountain.