Edmund Hillary, first man to scale Mt. Everest, dies at 88

SYDNEY, Australia - Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb the world's highest mountain, Mt. Everest, has died, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark announced Jan. 11. He was 88. Hillary died at Auckland City Hospital. Photo shows Hillary (L), a New Zealander, shaking hands with then Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto at the premier's office in Tokyo in August 1997.

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