Sir Edmund Hillary: There obviously have been enormous ... Included up there are cans, torn tents, oxygen bottles and the rest of it - and a few dead bodies. So it may be quite a few years before ...

Ever since I was invited by Sir Edmund Hillary to take part in the Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition of 1960-1961 I have had a special interest in the critical factors that allow ...

A century later, a new book captures the grand scale of the mountain and uncovers more about the expedition and the people at its center.

The partial remains of Andrew “Sandy” Irvine — who disappeared a century ago while trying to become one of the first people ...

Base camp has tents with something akin to a “toilet ... companies since it was first officially summited by Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay in 1953.

About 100 people will assemble for the birthday feast under a big tent at Thyangboche ... and its association with Tenzing Norgay, Sir Edmund Hillary’s sherpa. Tengboche monastery at Thyangboche ...

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In the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey is a monument to Sir Edmund Prideaux. He and his second wife Anne are buried nearby in the middle aisle of the nave, although their graves are not marked.

Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest, is in Dublin this week for celebrations marking New Zealand's 150th anniversary. Among his engagements, giving advice to ...