From crowded summit attempts and ecological strain, to debates about climber preparedness and the treatment of sherpas, ...

With re-enactments and archival material, Leanne Pooley recounts Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay’s ascent of Mount Everest. By Ben Kenigsberg Bally offers an updated version of the boots that ...

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 way ...

Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the team that first conquered Mount Everest, died Thursday at age 92 in Kathmandu, Nepal [1][2]. He was part of the historic 1953 British expedition that ...

On this date in history: In 1660, Charles II was restored to the English throne. In 1790, Rhode Island became the last of the original 13 states to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1914, the Canadian ...

** FILE ** Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand explorer who conquered Mount Everest in 1953, is shown at Banepa, Nepal, in this March 12, 1963 file photo. Hillary, the unassuming beekeeper who conquered ...

The first man to summit Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary, has died. He was 88. In 1953, Hillary — a beekeeper by trade — and his team reached the mountain's south peak. But, exhausted by the altitude ...

Taj Mahal, included in the digital slide show by the Pawson brothers (Image: Geoffrey and Ian Pawson) BROTHERS Geoffrey and ...