Editing Edmund Hillary (section)

===After Everest===
[[File:Sir Edmund Hillary in the cockpit of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition's aeroplane, Rongotai, Wellington, 1956.jpg|thumb|upright|left|In the cockpit of the [[Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition]]'s [[de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver|DHC-2]], 1956]]

Hillary climbed ten other peaks in the [[Himalayas]] on further visits in 1956, 1960–1961, and 1963–1965. He also reached the [[South Pole]] as part of the [[Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition]], for which he led the New Zealand section, on 4 January 1958. His party was the first to reach the Pole overland since [[Roald Amundsen|Amundsen]] in 1911 and [[Robert Falcon Scott|Scott]] in 1912, and the first ever to do so using motor vehicles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/edmund-hillary-antarctica |title=Edmund Hillary in Antarctica|website=<!--http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/-->New Zealand History online – Nga korero aipurangi o Aotearoa|author= Ministry for Culture and Heritage|location= Wellington, New Zealand|date=22 July 2014|access-date=18 November 2016}}</ref>

In 1960, Hillary organised the [[1960–61 Silver Hut expedition]],{{sfn|Gill|2017|pp=328–369}} with [[Griffith Pugh]]; and Pugh showed that Mount Everest could be climbed without oxygen, with a long period of acclimatisation by living at {{convert|20000|ft}} for six months. 
An assault on [[Makalu]], the world's fifth-highest mountain, was unsuccessful. Hillary was with the expedition for five months, although it lasted for ten.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sir Edmund Hillary, a Life in Pictures|url=https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/photogalleries/hillary-pictures/photo5.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115223919/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/01/photogalleries/hillary%2Dpictures/photo5.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 January 2008|website=news.nationalgeographic.com|access-date=14 March 2018}}</ref>

The expedition also searched for the fabled [[Yeti|abominable snowman]].<ref name="Columbia" /> No evidence of Yetis was found, instead footprints and tracks were proven to be from other causes. During the expedition, Hillary travelled to remote temples which contained "Yeti scalps"; however after bringing back three relics, two were shown to be from bears and one from a goat antelope.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Yeti: Asia's Abominable Snowman|url=https://www.livescience.com/25072-yeti-abominable-snowman.html|website=Live Science|date=28 November 2017|access-date=14 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Objects of Intrigue: Yeti Scalp|url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/objects-of-intrigue-yeti-scalp|website=Atlas Obscura|access-date=14 March 2018|language=en|date=30 May 2013}}</ref> Hillary said after the expedition: "The yeti is not a strange, superhuman creature as has been imagined. We have found rational explanations for most yeti phenomena".<ref>{{cite web|title='Yeti scalp' fails to convince Hillary|url=https://www.stripes.com/news/yeti-scalp-fails-to-convince-hillary-1.83312|website=Stars and Stripes|access-date=14 March 2018}}</ref>

[[File:Edmund-Hillary.web.jpg|thumb|upright|Hillary in 1957 after {{shy|ac|com|pa|nying}} the first plane to land at the [[Marble Point]] ground air strip, Antarctica]]

In 1962, he was a guest on the television game show ''[[What's My Line?]]''; he stumped the panel, comprising [[Dorothy Kilgallen]], [[Arlene Francis]], [[Bennett Cerf]], and [[Merv Griffin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLteuggtA0o| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/BLteuggtA0o| archive-date=30 October 2021|title=What's My Line? – Sir Edmund Hillary; Diahann Carroll; Merv Griffin [panel] (May 20, 1962)| website=[[YouTube]]| date=26 May 2014|access-date=11 March 2018 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>
In 1977, he led a [[jetboat]] expedition, titled "Ocean to Sky", from the mouth of the [[Ganges River]] to its source.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/edmund-hillary/end-of-big-mountain-days |title=The end of the 'big mountain days' – Ed Hillary". |website=<!--http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/-->New Zealand History online – Nga korero aipurangi o Aotearoa|author= Ministry for Culture and Heritage|location= Wellington, New Zealand|date=13 January 2016|access-date=18 November 2016}}</ref> From 1977 to 1979 he commentated aboard Antarctic sightseeing flights operated by [[Air New Zealand]], and was scheduled to act as the guide for the fatal [[Air New Zealand Flight 901|Flight 901]], but had to cancel owing to other commitments.<ref>[http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/erebus-disaster/visiting-antarctica "The Antarctic experience – Erebus disaster"] New Zealand History online; retrieved 13 January 2008.</ref>
In 1985, he accompanied [[Neil Armstrong]] in a small twin-engined ski plane over the Arctic Ocean and landed at the [[North Pole]]. Hillary thus became the first man to stand at both poles and on the summit of Everest.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Attwooll|first1=Jolyon|title=Sixty fascinating Everest facts|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/nepal/articles/Everest-Sixty-fascinating-facts/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/nepal/articles/Everest-Sixty-fascinating-facts/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=4 February 2016|access-date=22 July 2016|ref=Sir Edmund Hillary was also a highly successful explorer of the Poles, leading expeditions there in the late 1950s. He went to the North Pole in 1985, making him the first person to have reached both poles and climbed Everest.}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Sullivan">{{cite magazine |first=Robert |last=Sullivan |url=http://www.time.com/time/2003/adventures/interview.html |title=The Greatest Adventures of All Time: Sir Edmund Hillary: A visit with the world's greatest living adventurer |magazine=Time |date=12 September 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030921174835/http://www.time.com/time/2003/adventures/interview.html |archive-date=21 September 2003}}</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/everest/story/0,,955942,00.html March 2003 interview with Hillary in] ''The Guardian''</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7180000/newsid_7184400/7184434.stm |title=Video: Interview on HardTalk |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=13 March 2010 | date=11 January 2008}}</ref> This accomplishment inspired generations of explorers to compete over what later was defined as [[Three Poles Challenge]].
In January 2007, Hillary travelled to Antarctica as part of a delegation commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of [[Scott Base]].<ref>NDTV, [http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Sir+Edmund+Hillary+revisits+Antarctica&id=99755 "Sir Edmund Hillary revisits Antarctica"], 20 January 2007. {{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="NZ_Herald_10419569">{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/466/story.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=10419569 |title=Claire Harvey on Ice: Mt Erebus sends chills of horror |author=Harvey, Claire |date=21 January 2007 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=29 September 2011 |archive-date=29 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929122658/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/466/story.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=10419569 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Radio Network, [http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=110625 "PM and Sir Edmund Hillary off to Scott Base"], 15 January 2007. Retrieved 20 January 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126040918/http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=110625 |date=26 January 2009 }}</ref>