Having reached Everest's summit for the first time, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay shared, with elation and relief, their ...

Edmund Hillary, a New Zealand beekeeper, was the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953. His achievement became a symbol of human determination and courage, exemplified by Kami Rita ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On June 2, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II was ...

History is repeating itself in the world of controversial sports records.

New Zealand’s highest peak is set to feature as the world’s highest peak in an upcoming biopic about Sherpa mountaineer ...

It’s no secret that Mt. Everest has been polluted with trash, dead bodies, oxygen bottles and the like since the advent of ...

Sir Edmund Hillary, who has died at the age of 88, made it to the summit of Everest in 1953, and became the first man on the planet to reach its highest point. As a boy in New Zealand, Edmund ...

Nepal’s mountaineering community has celebrated the 72nd anniversary of the conquest of the world’s highest peak.

Kami Rita has been ascending to the peak of Mount Everest for over thirty years. On Tuesday he broke his own record for the most climbs to the summit.

Apple's 'Tenzing' has tapped Genden Phuntsok for the lead role of sherpa Tenzing Norgay, who summited Mt. Everest in 1953.

The Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon is an annual race which starts at Everest Base Camp and finishes in the town of Namche ...