In graduate school and as a mountaineer and nature photographer, I've visited many of the world's great mountain ranges and seen hundreds of glaciers.
Photographer James Balog shares image sequences from a network of time-lapse cameras recording glacial recession.
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
A veteran of over 20 years of mountain climbing, Dave Bunting has been in some pretty tight scrapes.
CNN's Hugh Riminton reports on the state funeral of Sir Edmund Hillary, hailed as "bigger and heavier than Mount Everest."
Sir Edmund Hillary has been laid to rest in New Zealand after thousands paid tribute to a mountaineer whose conquest of Mt Everest in 1953 was one of the 20th century's defining moments.
Long time friend and TVNZ Presenter Mark Sainsbury joins CNN to talk about the life and accomplishments of Edmund Hillary.
Edmund Hillary, who gained worldwide fame after he and guide Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, has died after suffering a heart attack.
At the end of the century, I wanted to do a story on Sir Edmund Hillary. All the experts in the United States were carrying on about, essentially, the same characters -- Ruth, Jordan, Ali, maybe Jim Thorpe. But I thought that what Hillary had accomplished with the late Tenzing Norkay, his Sherpa guide, was perhaps the single greatest sporting achievement of the twentieth century.
An expansive talk with Sir Edmund Hillary about his historic ascent and the life and fame that came after
Remembering the man who, with Tenzing Norgay, achieved one of the century's greatest feats: conquering Mt. Everest
Prime Minister Helen Clark said today that the passing of Sir Edmund Hillary is a profound loss to New Zealand.
Children's books don't always engage the audience they're intended for, which is why we asked 6-year-old Andrew Oglesby, son of CNN.com staffer Christy Oglesby, to review a selection of books for young readers.
Nepalese officials are investigating the Mount Everest record set by a Sherpa guide, after rival climbers questioned his claim to have raced from the base camp to the peak in a bare 8 hours and 10 minutes.
Everybody's heard the story of how Mount Everest was won. Fifty years ago, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay confronted the mountain, braved its dangers, and made it to the top through sheer ta...
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