60 years after first Everest ascent, anyone can climb (online)[ Wed, 29 May 2013 04:17:34 GMT ]Sixty years ago, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay struggled to make the first ascent of Mt. Everest — but today, anyone with an Internet connection can easily trek to basecamp, take a virtual flight over the region's glaciers, and see how the mountain has changed over the years. "What we've heard from the scientists that study these specific glaciers is that the melt rate is increasing dramat...