edmund hillary n New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919) Synonym(s) Hillary Edmund Hillary Sir Edmund Hillary Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
News & Articles edmund hillary James M. Clash Sixty years ago, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest. June 12, 2013 - Bloomberg