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New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese climber Tenzing Norgay were the men who ultimately planted the Union jack on the 29,000-ft peak. Above: The pair on Everest the day before.

THE PRESS 160 YEARS is a series marking the launch of The The Press will revisit stories from every year of publication. An alpine tragedy was on the front page of The Press on June 25, 1966. The headline read: “All Presumed Dead; Rescuer Killed.” The report began: “An avalanche near the top of the Otira slide, and fresh snow and slips on the Otira face, turned the epic rescue attempt on Mount Rolleston into a tragedy.” Staff photographer/Stuff Members of rescue teams stand in a la...

The legendary antarctic explorer, peter mulgrew, seen here on an earlier flight. >> this is like a great new world and im sure it is for all of you back there. >> because air new zealands dc-10s never touch down in antarctica during the eight-hour flight, pressure is on the pilots to descend only as low as possible. >> he was trying to show his passengers something of what they paid for. after all, this was a visual sig sightseeing flight. >> this is an expectation that when you get on that airp...