(CNN)-- 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.

(KWCH) - What’s your Everest? For Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, their proverbial peak wasn’t proverbial or hypothetical at all - they actually set out to climb and conquer Mount Everest.

Edmund Hillary the beekeeper was a big ... the most famous Sherpa of all, summated Mount Everest 50 years ago. “I’ve reveled in great adventures,” Sir Edmund, 83, says from his home in ...

"The question remains, 'Has Mount Everest been climbed ... if they trod the summit snows almost thirty years ahead of Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, but their names live on in Everest ...

about the inspirational life of Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and his summit of Mount Everest in 1953 alongside fellow outsider New Zealander Edmund Hillary. A search is currently underway to cast the ...

Sir Edmund Hillary's daughter Sarah Hillary is setting out to conquer Everest in her own way. Photo / Amalia Osborne She’s internationally renowned for her work as an art conservator ...

Two undiscovered mountains that are 100 times higher than Everest have been discovered by experts, changing the course of ...

Mt. Everest may get smart solar-powered traffic lights and advisory signs, all linked to the number of climbers and weather ...

As stories surface about Jim Whittaker and the celebration this Wednesday of the 50th anniversary of his becoming the first American to summit Mount Everest, a few interesting facts rise to the ...

Lord Clydesdale, as he was known, flew higher than anyone before him to complete the first flight over Mount Everest, using a fragile biplane with an open cockpit.

"The question remains, 'Has Mount Everest been climbed ... if they trod the summit snows almost thirty years ahead of Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, but their names live on in Everest ...