Edmund Hillary

'Edmund Hillary' of pension funds moves to Oak Hill

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Whether the mountain was even "conquered" when it was successfully climbed and descended by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay from the Nepal side in 1953 is an open question.

Ascent to Immortality Michael J. Ybarra 2011

At last I crawl to the summit, and in a spanking breeze I stand and raise my arms in an Edmund Hillary salute.

Richard Bangs: Bahrain: Once Was Paradise, Part 4 Richard Bangs 2011

At last I crawl to the summit, and in a spanking breeze I stand and raise my arms in an Edmund Hillary salute.

Richard Bangs: Bahrain: Once Was Paradise, Part 4 Richard Bangs 2011

The climbing was harder and bolder than Edmund Hillary's on Everest; Buhl was forced to spend a night on a high mountain ledge, returning to camp after 41 hours.

Outdoor Adventures Michael J. Ybarra 2011

Did George Leigh Mallory and Andrew "Sandy" Irvine become the first men to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain before they died in a fall, beating Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay to the highest point on the planet by 29 years?

Everest expedition to find Irvine's remains slammed as 'distasteful' 2011

The photo caption incorrectly identified the men as the explorers George Mallory and Edmund Hillary.

Corrections & Amplifications 2011

After flying to the Nepali town of Lukla – landing in an airport partly built by Edmund Hillary – the 18-day trek took us to Everest base camp and to Imja lake to look at a prime potential danger of climate change in the mountains: catastrophic, high-altitude floods.

Everest's ice is retreating as climate change grips the Himalayas 2011

Dress up like Edmund Hillary, and no one will even blink.

Walk Like a Man 2010

Dress up like Edmund Hillary, and no one will even blink.

Printing: Walk Like a Man 2010