With re-enactments and archival material, Leanne Pooley recounts Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay’s ascent of Mount Everest. By Ben Kenigsberg Bally offers an updated version of the boots that ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On June 2, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II was crowned at age 27 during a ceremony in London’s Westminster Abbey, 16 months ...

Tokyo International Airport, Japan, Dec. 10, 1960: Sir Edmund Hillary, mountaineer and explorer, addresses gathered journalists at Tokyo International Airport, Dec. 10, 1960. Sir Hillary is on his way ...

From crowded summit attempts and ecological strain, to debates about climber preparedness and the treatment of sherpas, ...

The first man to summit Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary, has died. He was 88. In 1953, Hillary — a beekeeper by trade — and his team reached the mountain's south peak. But, exhausted by the altitude ...

On this date in history: In 1660, Charles II was restored to the English throne. In 1790, Rhode Island became the last of the original 13 states to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1914, the Canadian ...

In 1985, Neil Armstrong and Sir Edmund Hillary flew together to the geographic North Pole. Forty years later, the sons of the great two explorers duplicated the feat, but by ship this time. ByJim ...

WELLINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - New Zealand's Sir Edmund Hillary, who along with Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first to conquer Mount Everest, has died, Prime Minister Helen Clark said on ...

Climbing the world's highest mountain is no easy task, but you might be surprised to learn about the most dangerous part of ...

Sir Ed and Lady June Hillary at the 50th Everest Anniversary celebrations in Kathmandu on 29 May 2003. “She’s gone” the choked voice of her daughter on the call from Auckland said it all. “Please can ...