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Old 01-10-2008, 06:13 PM   #1
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My Hero has died...

Everest conqueror Hillary dies at 88...

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Sir Edmund Hillary, the unassuming beekeeper who conquered Mount Everest and was the first man to drive a tractor across Antarctica to win renown as one of the 20th century's greatest adventurers, has died, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark announced Friday. He was 88.

His 1953 climb of Everest with Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay made him an international hero. Norgay died in 1986.

The gangling New Zealander devoted much of his life to aiding the mountain people of Nepal and took his fame in stride, preferring to be called "Ed" and considering himself just an ordinary beekeeper. Hillary's life was marked by grand achievements, high adventure, discovery, excitement — and by his personal humility. Humble to the point that he only admitted being the first man atop Everest long after the death of climbing companion Norgay.
I have long admired this man and his humility.
RIP Ed.....may all your mountian be topped with angels!!
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Old 01-10-2008, 06:16 PM   #2
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More on Ed....



From his homeland, New Zealand
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Old 01-10-2008, 06:21 PM   #3
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Everest conqueror Hillary dies at 88...



I have long admired this man and his humility.
RIP Ed.....may all your mountian be topped with angels!!
RIP, a better person than his so-called namesake.
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Old 01-10-2008, 06:24 PM   #4
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Missed out on one of the greatest titles you could of used with this thread, and got x100 more views. I am ashamed.
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Old 01-10-2008, 06:45 PM   #5
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Missed out on one of the greatest titles you could of used with this thread, and got x100 more views. I am ashamed.
What would that be?
Ed is dead?
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Old 01-10-2008, 06:50 PM   #6
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What would that be?
Ed is dead?
Hillary has Died!!!
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Old 01-10-2008, 06:52 PM   #7
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100 point for that one!!!!

Maybe I will start another thread in another spot with that title!!!

Nice!!!
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Old 01-11-2008, 08:23 AM   #8
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He climbed to a higher mountian. RIP Edmund.
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