KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- New Zealand adventurer Sir Edmund Hillary wanted the site of his greatest conquest, Mount Everest, protected from climate change, it was reported Saturday.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- The death of Sir Edmund Hillary, the most famous New Zealander ever, has been marked by the appearance of memorabilia in online auction sites.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- A state funeral will be held for Sir Edmund Hillary, the New Zealander who gained international fame by being the first to climb Mount Everest.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Edmund Hillary, who climbed to international fame as a member of the first climbing party to scale Mount Everest, died Thursday in New Zealand at age 88.

UPI almanac for Friday, July 20, 2007.

Lost 1983 class ring returned to owner ... Climbers re-create 1924 Mount Everest trek ... Man wakes from coma to see new Poland ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal, June 4 (UPI) -- An international team of mountain climbers is re-creating a climb that claimed two noted adventurers on Mount Everest on the Nepal-China border in 1924.

UPI almanac for Tuesday, May 29, 2007.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, April 24 (UPI) -- Edmund Hillary, who, with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest and return, was hospitalized Tuesday in New Zealand.