I wonder what Sir Edmund Hillary would make of today’s 'snap everything' culture, driven by camera phones and social media. I’m sure he would be astounded that millions of people now seem to think ...

In 1985, Neil Armstrong and Sir Edmund Hillary flew together to the geographic North Pole. Forty years later, the sons of the great two explorers duplicated the feat, but by ship this time. ByJim ...

The tenth anniversary of the death of Sir Edmund Hillary this week was a propitious moment to think again about the legacy of this great man. There are other anniversaries: 65 years after the first ...

Amelia Hillary, grand-daughter of Edmund Hillary, who with Tenzing Norgay were first on top of Mt Everest in 1953, speaks with Nepali Times about her family’s three-generation attachment to Nepal and ...

Peter Hillary's father, Sir Edmund Hillary, was the first person to climb Mt. Everest. Mark Armstrong's father, Neil Armstrong, was the first person to walk on the moon. Now, the two sons of iconic ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) | Edmund Hillary once expressed surprise and that it was he -- "an ordinary person with ordinary qualities" -- who became the first man to conquer the world's tallest peak ...