A record-breaking Nepalese Sherpa flew to Mount Everest today to prepare to scale the world’s highest mountain once again and scatter the ashes of its most celebrated climber, Edmund Hillary.

DIGNITARIES from around the world paid their respects to Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary at his state funeral yesterday.

Mountaineers from around the world and Nepal’s royal family were gathering in the capital Kathmandu today to join Sir Edmund Hillary in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the conquest of Mount Everest.