While Peter Hillary is one of the most celebrated adventurers on the planet in his own right, it was his father who set the ...

The last surviving member of the first mountaineering expedition to conquer Mount Everest is unhappy with the current state ...

Sir Edmund Hillary and other Mount Everest pioneers say the world's tallest ... There are about a dozen routes to the top, including the southern one that Hillary and Norgay used.

Climbing Mt. Everest is an undeniably ambitious achievement. If this is an undertaking you wish to accomplish, here is our ...

The allure of climbing Mount Everest, since the first ascent in ... the mountain's summit remained elusive until 1953, when Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa from ...

Nepal’s new road connecting the Everest region to Kathmandu promises ... The Himalayan Trust’s airport in Lukla, built by Sir Edmund Hillary in 1964, remains a vital hub for trekkers and ...

Nepal is to increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35% ... pioneered by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953. Fees for the less popular ...