Sir Edward Hillary and Tenzing Norgay summited Everest together. For 50 years, neither would say who stepped atop first, preferring to share the credit.

Edmund Hillary, a humble and witty beekeeper from New Zealand, was also one of the most accomplished mountaineers in the world. It was 1953, and Sir John Hunt brought military discipline to an ...
Southeast Missourian

Original mountain man Hillary recalls Everest conquest nearly 5

AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- When climbers scramble to the summit of the world's highest peak, their last obstacle is a 40-foot rock face covered in ice -- the Hillary Step. Before May 29, 1953, it had no ...

American becomes the first to ski down Everest’s most challenging route

After years of planning, the mountaineer Jim Morrison successfully descended the narrow Hornbein Couloir—notching an ...
Southeast Missourian

Hillary unhappy with Mount Everest conditions

KATMANDU, Nepal -- On the eve of the 50th anniversary of his historic ascent of Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary scolded the legions of climbers partying at base camp, saying he doesn't consider ...
Reuters

OBITUARY-Hillary - Everest conqueror and untarnished hero

WELLINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary, together with Nepal's Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, on May 29, 1953 became the first to scale the 29,028 foot (8,848 metre) summit of Mount ...
Albany Democrat-Herald

Mark Luscher: Drawn to scale

Not long after daybreak on May 24, Mark Luscher found himself at the foot of the Hillary Step. Back home in the Oregon Cascades, it would have been a piece of cake. Just a little 60-foot rock climb, ...
The Atlantic

Mount Everest Is Too Crowded

The world's highest peak is so crowded with climbers that some are seriously considering installing a ladder on the famed Hillary Step to ease congestion. While the ladder is intended for use for ...