Winston Peters flew from Kathmandu to the Everest region on Thursday, where he toured a school and a hospital created by the charity Sir Edmund Hillary founded in the 1960s. Sir Edmund Hillary’s ...

Before Everest tells the story of Earle Riddiford, a mountaineer who introduced Sir Edmund Hillary to the Himalayas. Years on from the great ascent, Sir Edmund shunned Earle saying he would never ...

The event commemorates the historic climb by Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay, the Sherpa guide, who together became the first to stand atop the world’s highest peak.

International Everest Day is observed every year on May 29 to honour the historic ascent of Mount Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa of Nepal in 1953.

“We are celebrating May 29 as the international Sagarmatha (Everest) day because the world needs to continue to recognize the achievement and contribution of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing ...

"We are celebrating May 29 as the international Sagarmatha (Everest) day because the world needs to continue to recognise the achievement and contribution of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay ...

More than 8,000 people have climbed Mount Everest since it was first scaled by New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953. After Kami Rita, another Sherpa, Pasang Dawa ...

The prestigious honour has been presented by The Hillary Institute of International Leadership for Professor Jackson's exceptional mid-career leadership. Honouring the leadership legacy of Sir Edmund ...

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The event Thursday marked the 72nd anniversary of the first summit climb of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953, by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay. Nepal's minister for ...

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.