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Mar 3, 2013 · Edmund Hillary (left) and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the 29,035-foot summit of Everest on May 29, 1953, becoming the first people to stand atop the world's highest mountain. Photograph by...
Edmund Hillary, the legendary mountaineer, adventurer and philanthropist – whose familiar, craggy face beams out from the $5 note – is the best-known New Zealander ever to have lived. Hillary was a shy child who dreamed of adventure. A secondary-school ski trip to Mt Ruapehu gave him his first taste of the mountains.
Jan 11, 2008 · By. Adam Bernstein. 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...
May 22, 2013 · 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...
Jan 11, 2008 · Sir Edmund Hillary dedicated much of his long life to environmental causes and to humanitarian efforts on behalf of the Nepalese people. More than half a century after his most famous feat, his fame remained undimmed.
Jan 10, 2008 · Sir Edmund Hillary, the lanky New Zealand mountaineer and explorer who with Tenzing Norgay, his Sherpa guide, won worldwide acclaim in 1953 by becoming the first to scale the 29,035-foot...
Jan 11, 2008 · Sir Edmund Hillary, first man to the top of the world, dies at 88. Thair Shaikh and James Orr. Fri 11 Jan 2008 12.10 EST. Sir Edmund Hillary, the beekeeper from Auckland who conquered...
