Top of the world: Women on Everest

The achievement aptly coincides with the 60th anniversary of the first climb of the zenith of the world when Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay climbed the peak on 29th May, 1953. In a stellar show of indomitable spirit, zeal and grit, Arunima ...

NEW Zealand's Mt Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary has been labelled as a "great Briton" by an English

Kathmandu - This month sees the 60th anniversary of the historic first ascent of Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, on 29 May 1953. This year's aspiring summiteers are already well on their way and - despite the scuffles that ...

Im sure most New Zealanders are proud of Sir Edmund Hillary. He was a war-time navigator and peace-time Tuakau beekeeper who was the first to climb Mount Everest, among a host of other achievements. He was also the epitome of the good Kiwi bloke.

High altitude boots, rubber walkie talkies and experimental oxygen tanks helped Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay conquer the world's highest mountain 60 years ago. The 1953 Everest expedition used the latest technology available at the time. The ...

"Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself," said Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb to the summit of Mount Everest. But with the likes of entrepreneur Richard Branson and film director James ...

A recipient of Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship from the government of New Zealand, Chef Kunal Kapur gives his impressions of the wines and and culinary highlights at the two vineyards he had recently visited - Amisfield Winery & Bistro and Craggy ...

London, Mar 24 : George Lowe, who was the last surviving member of the Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's team that first conquered Everest in 1953 has died in a Derbyshire nursing home.

Wellington, May 21 (ANI): Sir Edmund Hillary the first person ever to scale Mount Everest summit has been called one of "those great Britons" by a conservative British newspaper. Britian's Daily Telegraph bestowed the dubious title upon ...