Hillary Peak variously as Ngojumba Kang, Ngozumpa Kang and Ngojumba Ri. In the fall of 2016, two time Everest summiter Elia Saikaly along with Pasang Kaji Sherpa made an expedition to Hillary Peak. They called off their summit bid due to dangers encountered including rock-falls, bad weather, hidden crevasses, and snow related issues. Hillary Peak Hillary Peak is the name which has been proposed by the Government of Nepal for a peak in the Himalayas in honour of Edmund Hillary, who made the first ascent of Everest with Tenzing Norgay in 1953. In September 2013 a government panel recommended that two mountains
Tenzing Montes Tenzing Montes The Tenzing Montes (; formerly Norgay Montes or less officially, Norgay Mountains) are icy mountains, near the Hillary Montes, that reach up to above the surface of the dwarf planet Pluto, bordering the southwest region of Sputnik Planitia in the south of Tombaugh Regio (or the part of Tombaugh Regio south of the equator). They are the highest mountain range on Pluto, and also the steepest, with a mean slope of 19.2 degrees. The mountains, first viewed by the "New Horizons" spacecraft on 14 July 2015, and announced by NASA on 15 July 2015, are named after the