Everest is a huge, complex mountain of rock walls, ice and long ridges. The mountain itself straddles the border between ...

(CNN)-- Edmund Hillary, who gained worldwide fame after he and guide Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, has died after suffering a heart attack.

One of the greatest mountain guides, Kami Rita, will attempt to scale the world’s highest peak for the 31st time — and possibly the 32nd — and break his own record.

On May 29, 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and climbing companion Tenzing Norgay became the first to scale the summit of Mount Everest. It took the two men 15 hours to reach the top. They got to enjoy the ...

Edmund Hillary the beekeeper was a big, burly, merry, down-to-earth fellow who had learned to climb in his own New Zealand Alps but had climbed in Europe and in the Himalayas too. He was an ...

(CNN)-- Prime Minister Helen Clark said today that the passing of Sir Edmund Hillary is a profound loss to New Zealand. "My thoughts are with Lady Hillary, Sir Edmund's children, wider family ...

A new biopic on Sherpa Tenzing Norgay‘s world-first ascent of Mt Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary began filming in Nepal this ...

Caitríona Balfe is set to join the ensemble of Apple Original Films upcoming pic Tenzing, which already stars Tom Hiddleston ...

Caitríona Balfe is joining Tom Hiddleston and Willem Dafoe in Tenzing, the adventure biopic from Apple Original Films and ...

Caitríona Balfe has landed her first movie role since wrapping production on Outlander. The actor, who will bow out as Claire ...