Sir Edmund Hillary died on Friday, leaving behind a legacy not only as a mountain climber but also as a dedicated philanthropist, says the Associated Press. Sir Edmund, who will receive a state ...

A few days after Sir Edmund Hillary died at the age of 88, ... for Dahlem because the ice axe was signed by Hillary during a fund raising effort for the adventurer’s efforts to help the Sherpa ...

Edmund Hillary, the Humble Conqueror It was one of the greatest sporting achievements in the 20th century, ... he kept coming back to Nepal all his life to help the people and the land.

Thank you for the May 29 editorial on Edmund Hillary (“Pinnacle of Achievement”). It provided a moment to ponder humility, kindness and the knowing that we achieve only on the shoulders of ...

Sir Edmund Hillary, a former beekeeper who, with his Sherpa guide, became the first man known to conquer the world’s tallest peak, died of a heart attack early today. He was 88. Sir Edmund’s ...

Sir Edmund Hillary has died. The New Zealand mountaineer who together with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay first reached the summit of Everest in 1953 died this morning in Auckland, New Zealand. Sir Edmund died ...

May 23, 1953, at 11:30 a.m., a quiet New Zealand beekeeper, Edmund Hillary, astounded the world by being the first man to reach the summit of the world's tallest mountain, the 29,029 feet (or ...

Sir Edmund Hillary, the mountain-climbing New Zealand beekeeper who became a mid-20th century hero as the first person to reach the summit of Mt. Everest, has died. He was 88.

Sixty years ago, on May 29, 1953, mountaineers Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay set foot atop Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain. They were the first ever to reach its 29,029-foot peak ...