“The plain truth is that I am a lucky man. I have been able to earn a living doing what I love. And I have been able to do some good in the process.”

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...