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For as long as he can remember, former Aurora resident Brian O’Malley has aimed high.
Ohio State stands atop college football, but the Buckeyes know they cannot simply copy 2024 'playbook' word for word to ...
Maybe you can blame it on Sir Edmund Hillary, the New Zealander who along with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first humans ...
Prime Minister Helen Clark said today that the passing of Sir Edmund Hillary is a profound loss to New Zealand. "My thoughts are with Lady Hillary, Sir Edmund's children, wider family, and close ...
IT takes most mountaineers at least 70 days to scale the world’s highest peak, as even the fittest athletes have to acclimatise their bodies to the deadly thin air on Mount Everest.  But ...
Sir Edmund Hillary's daughter Sarah Hillary is setting out to conquer Everest in her own way. Photo / Amalia Osborne She’s internationally renowned for her work as an art conservator ...
While Everest remains the most climbed mountain above 8,000 meters, other Himalayan peaks in Nepal have also gained attention. Manaslu ranks second in terms of successful ascents, with 3,023 climbers ...
Sir Edmund Hillary and other Mount Everest pioneers say the world's tallest peak deserves a rest after a half century of more than 1,300 climbers scaling its slopes. Hillary, 83, is in Nepal to ...