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Sir Edmund Hillary dies at 88RIP conqueror of Everest By Lester Haines Sir Edmund Hillary, the NZ climber who in 1953 conquered Mount Everest and subsequently did much to improve the lot of Nepal's Sherpa people has died aged 88.
Hillary passed away on Friday morning at Auckland City Hospital as a result of peneumonia, local media reported. NZ prime minister Helen Clark said: "The legendary mountaineer, adventurer, and philanthropist is the best-known New Zealander ever to have lived. But most of all he was a quintessential Kiwi. He was a colossus. He was an heroic figure who not only knocked off Everest but lived a life of determination, humility, and generosity."
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Hillary was born in in Auckland on 20 July 1919, and led an uneventful life as a beekeeper until his historic assault on the world's highest peak. Selected by British expedition leader John Hunt for the final push because of his "experience in the Himalayas and immense energy and strength", as Reuters puts it, he and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay left the mountain's South Col on the cloudless morning of 29 May, 1953.
At 11.30am, having tackled what became the famous "Hillary Step" - a challenging 40-ft rock which the climber defeated by "jamming" his way up a narrow fissure before hauling Tenzing up behind him - the pair set foot on the summit. Following the triumph, neither man would say who'd actually planted the first climbing boot atop Everest, but it was later suggested that the honour was Hillary's.*
Hillary told companions after the climb: "We knocked the bastard off."
The news broke in London on June 2, the eve of Queen Elizabeth's coronation. Hillary was immediately knighted, while Tenzing recieved the George Medal. The latter later became director of the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute in Darjeeling, and died in 1986....
Mount Everest victors Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay, left, and Edmund Hillary, are shown on July 3, 1953, at London's Heathrow Airport upon their arrival from the expedition.
(AFP)
Hillary and Tenzing appear at the British embassy in Katmandu, Nepal, on June 1953 in the same gear they wore when they reached the summit of Mount Everest a month before.
(Associated Press)
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I had a turtle named Edmond! He died when the TV fell on him!
I'M BRIAN FELLOW!
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I read this online, too.
Edmund Hillary lived a good, long life.
He was a very determined man.
I've always admired his tenacity and courage.
"I offer you a Vulcan prayer, Mr Suder. May your death bring you the peace you never found in life." - Tuvok. 
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The man was a coward. I'm glad he's dead.
Bow ties are coool.
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I had a turtle named Edmond! He died when the TV fell on him! That's crazy!
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You DO realize that you probably gave poor MEM a half-hour crying jag before he even clicked on the thread, don't you?
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Darn..........and I was hoping it was the REAL Hillary Clinton for US President, RIGHT WING HATER!
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The man was a coward. I'm glad he's dead. heh
big_pimp_tim-made it cool to roll in the first damn place! Mon Jun 11 2007 09:27 PM- harley finally rolled with me "I'm working with him...he's young but, there is much potential. He can apprentice with me and then he's yours for final training. He will remember the face of his father... Some day, Knutreturns just may be the greatest of us all...."-THE bastard
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I had a turtle named Edmond! He died when the TV fell on him! I'm sorry to hear that 
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