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.

Today is Monday, May 29, the 147th day of 2006 with 216 to follow.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, May 27 (UPI) -- The rescue this week of an Australian climber near the top of Mount Everest has raised new questions about climbers who walked past a dying British engineer.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, May 24 (UPI) -- A New Zealand mountain climber has defended his decision to leave a man to die while climbing Mount Everest, saying he couldn't have saved him.

KATMANDU, Nepal, May 30 (UPI) -- At least 30 mountaineers this spring joined the select group of 2,249 people who have scaled Mount Everest, Nepal officials told the BBC.

Today is Sunday, May 29, the 147th day of 2005 with 216 to follow.

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NEW DELHI, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- The grandson of mountaineering legend Tenzing Norgay will kick a soccer ball to Mount Everest as a promotion for the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

Today is Saturday, May 29, the 150th day of 2004 with 216 to follow.