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Sir Edmund Hillary

uploaded by RobAucklandNZ January 10, 2008 at 09:12 pm
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A statue of Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the sumit of Mount Everest with Tenzing Norgay in 1953. Hillary is a Kiwi living near Auckland, he has climbed Mount Cook.

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Title: Sir Edmund Hillary

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Created: Thu, 01/10/2008 - 9:12pm

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RobAucklandNZ

at 21:18 on January 10th, 2008

The NZ flags were at half mast on the Harbour Bridge as I drove through Auckland today. A Kiwi Legend.

Hillary was a legandary person. The way he and Norgay managed to climb Everest with very primitave equipment is outstanding. Hillary also conqured many other dangerous mountains and explored many unchartered places such as Antarctica. His work with poor Nepalese communities and other humanitarian work really shows what an amazing person he was.