Sir Edmund Hillary (left), who conquered the Everest peak with Sherpa Tenzing in 1953, being seen off by Sir John Hunt, who led the Everest expedition, at London Airport. Hillary was boarding a Qantas airliner for Australia. Sir Edmund, who is to lead the New Zealand expedition as part of the 1957-58 Commonwealth expedition across the Antarctic, came to London for consultation with Dr V. E. Fuchs, leader of the main expedition. [Personalities, Explorer, mountaineer] 30 July 1955