(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.

The remains of a mountaineer who attempted to scale Mount Everest 100 years ago have been found by an expedition team led by National Geographic, raising the question of whether Edmund Hilary was ...

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 ...

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

(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 ...

As Nepal marked ten years since the 2015 earthquake, some scars remain-but so does the strength of the Nepali people and our commitment to stand alongside them, and with each other. Sir Edmund ...

Those who’ve trodden trails before us, from Sir Edmund Hillary to Henry David Thoreau, have left painted literary pictures that inspire the next generation to push beyond their own perceived ...

The queen shared top billing, though, with a couple of adventurers, as it was announced that Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tensing Norgay of Nepal had become the first climbers to reach the ...