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Hillary On Everest: ‘It’s More About The First Chap To Go Up Backwards’
Jim Clash writes about extreme adventure and classic rock. When Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made history by reaching the top of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953 - and returned to tell the ...
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Mt. Everest's filthy secret: It's a dump
Everest's slopes in the decades since Sir Edmund Hillary and his Nepalese Sherpa ... to make 74 pieces of art. The work is being sold (at prices ranging from $17 to $2,400), and some of the ...
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Climbing without O's
Ever since I was invited by Sir Edmund Hillary to take part in the Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition of 1960-1961 I have had a special interest in the critical factors that allow ...
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1953 – Edmund Hillary and Mount Everest
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, KG, ONZ, KBE (20 July 1919–11 January 2008), was an explorer and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953 at the age of 33, he and Sherpa (Himalayan mountain guide) Tenzing Norgay ...
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Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Centre – museum
The museum showcases the history of the Aoraki/Mount Cook region through the key themes of transport, climbing, the Hermitage Hotel and Sir Edmund Hillary. Exhibits include one of the Ferguson ...