Sir Edmund Hillary and other Mount Everest pioneers say the world's tallest peak deserves a rest after a half century of more than 1,300 climbers scaling its slopes. Hillary, 83, is in Nepal to ...

The most famous physical feature on Everest, the Hillary Step, at 28,750 feet, is a 40-foot spur of snow and ice. First climbed in 1953 by Edmund Hillary ... of prayer flags, remnants of surveying ...

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

Weather records from the 1920s may finally put to rest questions over whether Sir Edmund ... your Ed Hillary got to the summit of Everest, he didn't dance around and plant a flag, the first ...