“The explorers of the past were great men and we should honour them. But let us not forget that their spirit lives on.”

— Edmund Hillary

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About Edmund Hillary

Mountaineer • New Zealander

Sir Edmund Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist who gained worldwide fame for his historic achievement. On May 29, 1953, he and Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the...

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