Nepal has waived climbing fees for 97 mountains, officials said on Wednesday, hoping to steer people to its lesser-known peaks and boost local economies.

When Sir Edmund Hillary took his unprecedented trip to the top of the world 66 years ago, there was one obstacle he didn’t have to worry about: crowds. Now hordes of humans are lining up to s… ...

Sir Edmund Hillary, the unassuming beekeeper who conquered Mount Everest to win renown as one of the 20th century's greatest adventurers, has died, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark announced ...

That Edmund Hillary might set off in search of the abominable snowman, then, was not the wild, conspiracy-theory-baiting story it would appear to be today.

May 23, 1953, at 11:30 a.m., a quiet New Zealand beekeeper, Edmund Hillary, astounded the world by being the first man to reach the summit of the world's tallest mountain, the 29,029 feet (or ...

For New Zealanders, Sir Edmund Hillary was the closest thing they had to royalty. For the people of Nepal, he was an adored father figure. Yesterday, at a state funeral in Auckland to bid farewell ...

Sir Edmund Hillary, who conquered Mount Everest to win renown as one of the 20th century's greatest adventurers, has died. He was 88.

Sir Edmund Hillary’s family will ascend the mountain that made their grandfather a household name in a new documentary being launched in Cannes. Directed by Ben Webster, one of the world’s top ...

A 49-year-old Nepalese Sherpa guide who holds the record for the most conquests of Mt. Everest will make his 20th climb this spring and scatter the ashes of Edmund Hillary, one of the first men to ...