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In May three expeditions attempted to climb Mount Everest on the Southeast Ridge route pioneered by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in

'Everest Dark' documentary 'sneak-peak' (short excerpts will be previewed) and fundraiser this Sunday in support of the Sir Edmund Hillary Foundation of Canada.

Kanchha Sherpa, 91, was among the 35 members in the team that put New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay atop the.

In , when Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler made the rst ascents of Mt. Everest without oxygen, another turning point in mountaineering.

I think after it was after attending a movie about Edmund Hillary's climb on Mount Everest, I was inspired to write Funny Bunny Climbs Mount.

Kanchha Sherpa, 91, was among the 35 members in the team that put New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay atop the..

Sixty Years Ago, Edmund Hillary Reached the Top of the World. Hear Him Describe It

In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers reach the peak of Mount Everest.

Listen to Hillary recount the journey in “Interview with Sir Edmund Hillary: Mountain Climbing,” a 1974 interview produced by Smithsonian Folkway Recordings.

This list consists of people who reached the summit of Mount Everest more than once.

All photos courtesy of Flickr user agirregabiria

Sixty years ago, on May 29, 1953, mountaineers Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay set foot atop Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain. They were the first ever to reach its 29,029-foot peak, and met instant fame upon their return: today their ascent is considered a great achievement of the 20^th century.

In 1974, Hillary, a New Zealander, detailed the perilous climb and his motivations for tackling it on “Interview with Sir Edmund Hillary: Mountain Climbing,” produced by Howard Langer at Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.

The conversation touches topics from