The Irvine discovery is remarkably the second century-old mystery Chin has been involved with this year. The other is the ...

Jim Clash writes about extreme adventure and classic rock. When Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made history by reaching the top of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953 - and returned to tell the ...

(As of right now, the honor is currently held by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, who successfully summited Everest in 1953.) Chin went on to say that he hoped they can also bring closure to ...

The first documented ascent of Everest came nearly three decades later when New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay scaled the mountain on May 29, 1953. In 1963 ...

Tenzing Norgay conquered Everest with Edmund Hillary in 1953, establishing the community's fame as climbing masters. But ...

The foot, boot and sock thought to belong to Sandy Irvine, who disappeared during George Mallory's 1924 expedition to climb ...

Weather records from the 1920s may finally put to rest questions over whether Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay really were the first people to reach the top of Mt Everest. It's one of ...

Remains found on Mount Everest may have belonged to the British climber Andrew Comyn “Sandy” Irvine, who disappeared along with George Mallory in 1924.

The discovery of the remains leads to more questions about whether two climbers succeeded in summiting Everest in 1924.

More than 340 people have died trying to climb Mount Everest, according to Nepalese officials, so finding human remains on ...

Irwin and Mallory's expedition in 1924 came 29 years before Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first-ever confirmed to have climbed Everest's summit and made it back down alive.