Tokyo International Airport, Japan, Dec. 10, 1960: Sir Edmund Hillary, mountaineer and explorer, addresses gathered journalists at Tokyo International Airport, Dec. 10, 1960. Sir Hillary is on his way ...

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** FILE ** Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand explorer who conquered Mount Everest in 1953, is shown at Banepa, Nepal, in this March 12, 1963 file photo. Hillary, the unassuming beekeeper who conquered ...

In may 1996, eight climbers on Mt. Everest were killed during a storm, among them two New Zealanders. As TIME’s correspondent in Auckland, I was sent to interview their families and friends — and Sir ...

The life of the legendary mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary, from his lonely childhood, to the man he became - Hillary the climber - a man that conquered Mt Everest, a man loved by a nation.

WELLINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - New Zealand's Sir Edmund Hillary, who along with Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first to conquer Mount Everest, has died, Prime Minister Helen Clark said on ...

Peter Hillary, brother of Mount Everest hero Sir Edmund Hillary, his wife Yvonne, sons Alexander (R) and George and daughter Lily walk in the recession at St Mary's church in Auckland after Edmund ...