Sir Edmund Hillary, the famed climber and adventurer who became one of the first climbers to scale the peak of Mt. Everest, died Thursday at age 88. The NewsHour speaks to David Breashears, a ...

When Sir Edmund Hillary took his unprecedented trip to the top of the world 66 years ago, there was one obstacle he didn’t have to worry about: crowds. Now hordes of humans are lining up to s… ...

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.

Edmund Hillary, First on Everest, Dies at 88 Sir Edmund Hillary was the mountaineer who, with Tenzing Norgay, his Sherpa guide, was the first to scale the 29,035-foot summit of Mount Everest.

Edmund Hillary, First on Everest, Dies at 88 Sir Edmund Hillary was the mountaineer who, with Tenzing Norgay, his Sherpa guide, was the first to scale the 29,035-foot summit of Mount Everest.