Searched for
SIR EDMUND HILLARY
Nepal sharply hikes permit fee for Everest climbersNepal will increase Mount Everest climbing fees by more than 35% for the first time in nearly a decade. The new permit fee will be $15,000,...22 Jan, 2025, 12.30 PM IST- From Base Camp to Summit: Chinese drone films epic journey up Mount EverestThe DJI Mavic 3 drone, in partnership with 8KRAW, has unveiled stunning footage of Mount Everest, from base camp to summit. Capturing the m...12 Jul, 2024, 09.26 PM IST
- Scaling All EverestsA mountain or a heaven is not exactly mountain and heaven in the strict literal sense. Rather, they're the metaphors for excellence, achiev...10 Dec, 2023, 10.57 PM IST
- View: Nessie, Yeti and those lovely lurking beasts can remythologise through mysteryCloser to home is the realm of the humanoid Yeti, the so-called Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas, said to be a denizen of the high pinna...19 Aug, 2023, 08.13 PM IST
- Rare King George V stamps, first day covers on Gandhi, Everest conquest on display in AizawlA large number of stamps, FDCs and other postal materials have been displayed, including those that commemorate jubilees of various landmar...19 Nov, 2022, 11.15 AM IST
- Who is Tenzing Norgay? Why is his birthday on May 29th celebrated as Everest DayTenzing Norgay's birthday on 29th May is rightly accorded as Everest Day. Coincidentally the summit was conquered by him along with Edmund ...29 May, 2022, 12.49 PM IST
- Rupa Knitwear creates history, scales Mount EverestThis milestone comes in the same year as another historical milestone — the 100th birth anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary.31 Jul, 2019, 09.59 AM IST
- Vishal Gondal's Mt. Everest climb lesson: don't scale up your company very fastGondal, founder of fitness company GoQii, & six others, including his wife Harpreet, started the ascent to the base camp on May 1.02 Jun, 2016, 11.46 AM IST
- Nepal reopens Mt Everest, Japanese man first to climbA Japanese climber, who lost nine of his fingers to frostbite, will be the first to scale the Mount Everest as Nepal reopened the peak for ...23 Aug, 2015, 09.36 PM IST
- Indian mathematician Radhanath Sikdar first to identify Everest as highest mountain peakIndian mathematician and surveyor Radhanath Sikdar was probably the first person to identify that Mount Everest was the world's highest pea...01 Jun, 2015, 04.10 PM IST
- New Zealand’s Mount Cook: A whiff of the South poleArriving at Christchurch via New Zealand’s Mount Cook, Bidisha Bagchi got the closest whiff of the South Pole without actually going there!17 Jun, 2010, 12.07 AM IST
- China closes Everest to clean-up highest 'rubbish dump'China has decided to restrict access to Mount Everest to carry out a clean-up of the world's highest 'rubbish dump'.02 Jul, 2008, 02.23 PM IST
- Wife of late Sir Edmund Hillary receives Padma VibhushanThe Padma Vibhushan award conferred upon Mountaineering legend late Sir Edmund Hillary was personally handed over to his wife by the commer...27 May, 2008, 08.45 AM IST
- World pays last respects to Everest conqueror HillarySherpas, mountaineers and a grateful nation mourned Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary at a state funeral on Tuesday, more than half a ce...22 Jan, 2008, 03.44 PM IST
- Lukla Airport to be named as Hillary Tenzing AirportLukla Airport, the gateway to the world's highest peak Mt. Everest will be rechristened as Hillary-Tenzing Airport.15 Jan, 2008, 12.02 PM IST
- Sir Edmund Hillary: First man to conquer Mount Everest diesEdmund Hillary, who defied the failed efforts of countless climbers by reaching the peak of Mount Everest, has died. He was 88.12 Jan, 2008, 01.19 AM IST
- Everest conqueror Edmund Hillary dies aged 88Edmund Hillary, the unassuming New Zealander who won world fame as the first man to climb Mount Everest, died Friday at the age of 88.11 Jan, 2008, 10.33 AM IST
Load More
