| NORGAY | Tenzing ___, Sherpa mountaineer who accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary on the first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 (6) |
| MINT | Kendal - cake; food eaten by Sir Edmund Hillary on his ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 (4) |
| HILLARY | New Zealand mountaineer who made the first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 with Sherpa climber Tenzing Norgay (7) |
| EDMUND | New Zealand mountaineer who made the first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 with Sherpa climber Tenzing Norgay (6) |
| CHRISBONINGTON | In 1975 ____ led the first successful ascent of Everest by a face rather than a ridge |
| TENZING | Sherpa who reached the summit of Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary on 29 May 1953 (7,6) |
| TENZINGNORGAY | Sherpa who reached the summit of Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary on 29 May 1953 |
| CONQUEST | Achievement of victory through a form of combat whose name is linked to a horse chestnut or "cheeser" used in a playground battle; a successful ascent of a mountain; or, the act/art of gaining a perso |
| EVEREST | Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to reach its summit |
| FUCHS | Who (Sir Vivian ___) led the Antarctic expedition that included Sir Edmund Hillary? (5) |
| YETI | In 1960, Sir Edmund Hillary investigated the existence of which creature? (4) |
| FERGUSON | Brand of tractor driven to the South Pole by Sir Edmund Hillary in 1958 (8) |
| NEWZEALANDER | Sir Edmund Hillary and Ernest Rutherford where both one of these (3,9) |
| REMUERA | Leafy suburb of Auckland, once home to Sir Edmund Hillary and Bruce McLaren (7) |
| MESSNER | Italian explorer and mountaineer who made the first documented solo ascent of Everest without supplemental oxygen (7) |
| ICEAX | Piece of Sir Edmund Hillary memorabilia |
| TYNDALL | Physicist and Alpine mountaineer who in the 18605 discovered by means of a glass tube why the sky is blue in the day but red at sunset (7) |
| BARTON | Who was the first Prime Minister of Australia, Sir Edmund ... (6) |
| EDMUNDHILLARY | New Zealand mountaineer who was one of the first two people to conquer Mount Everest: 2 wds. |
| PLAYED | What the sporting mountaineer who risked all on reaching the peak did? (6,3,4,6) |
