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Edmund Hillary
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Noun1.Edmund Hillary - New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919)Edmund Hillary - New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919)


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They are like Sir Edmond Hillary sitting on the top of Mount Everest, looking at the world from above.
During the 20th century, some of the world's greatest accomplishments were realized, and these achievements provide the basis for a series of skills and life lessons for centuries to come: * in 1908, Ernest Shackleton explored the arctic, * in 1953, Edmond Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest, and, * in 1969, Robin Knox-Johnston is the first person to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe.
I'd interviewed Edmond Hillary, Tam Siogh and other big-whigs in adventure sports.
 
 
 
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