The King of Mountains

Mount Everest -- the name evokes images of a towering mountain peak covered with snow -- the highest in the world and the toughest to climb. Fifty five years after Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay became the first men to climb Everest, the peak still remains the ultimate challenge for mountaineers, as I found out after speaking with a cross-section of people -- the pioneers who were amongst the first to climb Everest as well as those who had made the attempt relatively recently. All were unanimous in believing that Mt Everest still remains the King of Mountains...

Click here to read about Mt Everest & how it feels to climb to the top of the world.

Click here to read about the chronicler of the Himalayas.

Click here to read what Tenzing Norgay's son, Jamling had to say about his father.