(CNN)-- Edmund Hillary, who gained worldwide fame after he and guide Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, has died after suffering a heart attack.

As the daughter of the great Sir Ed, Sarah Hillary is doing Everest her own way for a special challenge close to her heart ...

Two undiscovered mountains that are 100 times higher than Everest have been discovered by experts, changing the course of ...

Sir Edmund Hillary's daughter Sarah Hillary is setting out to conquer Everest in her own way. Photo / Amalia Osborne She’s internationally renowned for her work as an art conservator, but since ...

Tenzing Norgay When Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Everest in 1953 with New Zealander Edmund Hillary ... Certainly, after the climb up the gap we were both a bit breathless, but ...

Tibetan born Tenzing Norgay, alongside New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary, both outsiders ... of the world's tallest mountain, Mount Everest. After six previous attempts, Tenzing risked ...

KATHMANDU: A documentary team discovered human remains on Mount Everest apparently belonging ... recognised summit in 1953 by climbers Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. "It tells the whole ...

Edmund Hillary had scaled Mt Everest. We had crossed the 2 million ... the mountain side and into the Whangaehu River. Shortly after 10pm, the lahar reached the rail bridge, damaging it minutes ...

Everest preparations ... The mountain's summit remained elusive until 1953, when Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa from Nepal, successfully reached the summit.