http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/01/11/1199988544993.html
Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Mount Everest, has died at the age of 88.
The New Zealander reached the summit of the Himalayan mountain on May 29 1953 alongside the Tibetan-born Sherpa Tenzing Norgay.
Go to
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7182376.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest#First_successful_ascent_by_Tenzing_and_Hillary
