Sir Edmund Hillary died :(
i dont know how many of you will have known of this guy, he was the first person to reach the summit of Mt Everest. he was new zealands most famous adventurer, and is featured on our $5 note! he was even made an honory nepalese citizen some years back for his immense aid in nepal.
he grew up a few suburbs over from me, tuakau :) heh i even had swimming lessons as a kid at his Edmund Hillary primary school in Papakura!
its sad another kiwi icon has died :'(
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Wow I didn't know he was still alive. :(
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^^ haha yeah, he was old :)
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(I thought he was dead already too)
Sad, but he clearly made his mark and lived a good life.
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My sister named one of cats Hillary because she was the first one to climb anything as a kitten.
I guess he climbed all the way to the top. RIP
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One of my heroes. May he climb the peaks of heaven.
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Wow. Didn't know he was still alive either.
But what of Norgay? Every time I hear those names I think of the Coen Brothers film"Intolerable Cruelty". But that's just me.
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Tenzing Norgay died in 1986. Neither he nor Hillary ever revealed which of them had first stepped on the peak of Everest.
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^^^ and that is why they both rock(ed) so much. sir hillary in fact got pretty belligerent with interviewers and such who tried to pretend hillary was the only important part of the story.
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eds son and Tenzings son both climed everest together for the 50year celebration,thats so cute :) Edmund definatly had alot of respect for Tenzing, and the rest of nepal
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mermaidnz
its sad another kiwi icon has died :'(
I had no idea he was still alive! Ever read his book? It's called "View from the summit" and is very interesting and proof they simply don't make men like that anymore. That generation was cut from a different cloth, and they were as tough as wood pecker lips. RIP Sir Hillary,
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I think you'll find Hillary is revered in Nepal.
After he retired from climbing, he devoted a lot of his time to improving conditions in Nepal - better roads, medical services, etc.
He achieved pretty tangible results.
Phil.