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 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) peak on May 29, 1953.

about the inspirational life of Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and his summit of Mount Everest in 1953 alongside fellow outsider New Zealander Edmund Hillary. A search is currently underway to cast the ...

(CNN)-- Edmund Hillary, who gained worldwide fame after ... "His great friends the Sherpa people have called [his wife] June and are organizing their own memorial service in Nepal." ...

On May 29, 1953, Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary made history with ... Norgay’s work continues through the Tenzing Norgay Sherpa Foundation. Hillary, too, devoted much of his life to ...

Seventy-two years after his grandfather Sir Edmund Hillary became the first person to summit Mt Everest, Alex Hillary is carrying on the legendary adventur ...

Tenzing Norgay When Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Everest in 1953 with New Zealander Edmund Hillary, he had no idea how his life would change. From that moment on, Tenzing became an ...

Ngima went to schools in the Khumbu region that were founded by Edmund Hillary, a New Zealander who made the first ascent of Everest in 1953 with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and later devoted himself to ...

5) Legendary Everest climber and Sherpa champion Sir Edmund Hillary, found a tuft of black hair at 19,000ft but his superstitious Sherpas took it and threw it away. 6) Hillary led an expedition to ...

Seventy-two years after his grandfather Sir Edmund Hillary became the first person ... The Himalaya Trust, which has a local team of Sherpa and Nepali people, raises funds for teacher training ...

It was once home to Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, the first person to climb the world's highest mountain Everest, along with New Zealander Edmund Hillary. "We are afraid to return, there are still lakes ...