Tenzing Norgay

Official data showed that since 1953's Hillary-Norgay summit, around 7,000 mountaineers have successfully scaled Mt Everest.

Seventy years ago, New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepali Tenzing Norgay Sherpa became the first humans to summit Everest on May 29, 1953.

Two Indian Army officers have received the prestigious Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

History was created on this day 68 years ago when Sherpa Tenzing Norgay of Nepal and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand climbed Mount Everest, 29,029 feet above sea level.

Two ITBP officials, including the first woman IPS officer to have successfully scaled the South Pole, were on Thursday conferred with the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award by President Ram Nath Kovind.

The Tenzing Norgay National Adventure award is the highest national recognition for outstanding achievements in the field of adventure on land, sea and air.

Two mountain ranges on Pluto have been named after Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary respectively by the International Astronomical Union, which for the first time, has officially approved the naming of 14 features on the icy dwarf planet.

A near-vertical 12-metre-high rocky outcrop at Mount Everest called the "Hillary Step" by mountaineers has collapsed, making the climb to the world's highest peak dangerous and lengthy. "Hillary Step" stood on the mountain's southeast ridge, and was the last great challenge before reaching the top.

Nepal has named two Himalayan peaks near Mount Everest after Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and opened them to foreigners for climbing.

An Australian mountaineer who narrowly escaped the deadliest accident ever on Mount Everest said on Saturday some local guides and climbers were questioning whether to scrap their summit plans after 13 Nepalese were killed in an avalanche.

A veteran Mexican climber was confirmed today as the first person to climb Mount Everest from both sides of the mountain in the same season.

Nepal marks 60 years since the first ascent of Everest today, celebrating the summiteers whose success has bred an industry that many climbers now fear is ruining the world's highest peak.

As the May 29 anniversary of Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary's summit of Mount Everest approaches, hundreds of people from all walks of life, and with varying motivations, are trying to follow in their footsteps.

Five climbers, including the first Hungarian to scale Mount Everest, are missing and feared dead on Nepal's treacherous Kangchenjunga mountain, tourism officials said Thursday.

Mahato's success coincided with the 60th anniversary of the first climb of the peak by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay May 29, 1953.

Official data showed that since 1953's Hillary-Norgay summit, around 7,000 mountaineers have successfully scaled Mt Everest.

Seventy years ago, New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepali Tenzing Norgay Sherpa became the first humans to summit Everest on May 29, 1953.

Two Indian Army officers have received the prestigious Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

History was created on this day 68 years ago when Sherpa Tenzing Norgay of Nepal and Edmund Hillary of New Zealand climbed Mount Everest, 29,029 feet above sea level.

Two ITBP officials, including the first woman IPS officer to have successfully scaled the South Pole, were on Thursday conferred with the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award by President Ram Nath Kovind.

The Tenzing Norgay National Adventure award is the highest national recognition for outstanding achievements in the field of adventure on land, sea and air.

Two mountain ranges on Pluto have been named after Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary respectively by the International Astronomical Union, which for the first time, has officially approved the naming of 14 features on the icy dwarf planet.

A near-vertical 12-metre-high rocky outcrop at Mount Everest called the "Hillary Step" by mountaineers has collapsed, making the climb to the world's highest peak dangerous and lengthy. "Hillary Step" stood on the mountain's southeast ridge, and was the last great challenge before reaching the top.

Nepal has named two Himalayan peaks near Mount Everest after Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and opened them to foreigners for climbing.

An Australian mountaineer who narrowly escaped the deadliest accident ever on Mount Everest said on Saturday some local guides and climbers were questioning whether to scrap their summit plans after 13 Nepalese were killed in an avalanche.

A veteran Mexican climber was confirmed today as the first person to climb Mount Everest from both sides of the mountain in the same season.

Nepal marks 60 years since the first ascent of Everest today, celebrating the summiteers whose success has bred an industry that many climbers now fear is ruining the world's highest peak.

As the May 29 anniversary of Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary's summit of Mount Everest approaches, hundreds of people from all walks of life, and with varying motivations, are trying to follow in their footsteps.

Five climbers, including the first Hungarian to scale Mount Everest, are missing and feared dead on Nepal's treacherous Kangchenjunga mountain, tourism officials said Thursday.

Mahato's success coincided with the 60th anniversary of the first climb of the peak by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay May 29, 1953.