Paying homage to the family of Hillary and Tenzing, two of the greatest mountain explorer lineages to date, the latest custom-designed Rolex Hillary Tenzing Edition Explorer Set sees it full unveiling today. Commissioned at the hand of Philipp Stahl, the

I am seven years old in this picture and my father, Sir Edmund Hillary, my mother (Louise), my two sisters and I are in London, about to board a flight to India. In those days you dressed up for a flight and you would wear a jacket and tie because travel

The latest comic book from the Amar Chitra Katha gallery of brave hearts, based on mountain climber Tenzing Norgay is now available on the iPad as an app. Priced at $1.99 (around Rs 100), the digital comic book from ACK Media is a 32 page, full-colour ti

There are several ways to spot the summit of Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain. You can sometimes see it as your jet airliner approaches the airport in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. Or you can rise before dawn, skip breakfast and spend an ho

In 1852, the Great Trigonometric Survey of India determined that Mount Everest, until then an obscure Himalayan peak, had been definitively identified as the world's highest mountain. This announcement captured the international imagination, and soon the

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