Green Options » Sir Edmund Hillary http://greenoptions.com/tag/sir-edmund-hillary Posts tagged 'Sir Edmund Hillary' Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:51:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Sir Edmund Hillary Passes On http://ecoscraps.com/2008/01/10/sir-edmund-hillary-passes-on/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/01/10/sir-edmund-hillary-passes-on/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:51:40 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://ecoscraps.com/2008/01/10/sir-edmund-hillary-passes-on/ hil0-001.jpgSir Edmund Hillary, the first to climb Mount Everest, died today.  He was 88-years-old.  Hillary was born in 1919 and grew up near Auckland, NZ.  On May 29, 1953, Hillary, accompanied by Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, reached the summit of Mt Everest.  He only admitted to being the first atop the great mountain long after the death of his climbing partner Tenzing Norgay.  On July 16, 1953, he was awarded knighthood for his achievement.  Hillary was more proud of his campaign to establish health clinics and schools in Nepal, than his summit of Chomolungma.

Read more at the NY Times.

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