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Edmund Hillary: A very special hero inspired by noble courage
"Hillary and Everest: it was a perfect match of man and achievement. Yes, Sherpa Tenzing was there, too. But in those still imperial days of 1953, there was only a gallant acolyte's place in the world's perception for the plucky little Nepalese.
If not quite Jeeves, Tenzing was seen as a faithful native bearer for the Anglo-Saxon Hillary. It seemed entirely appropriate that Hillary had to take all the photographs because Tenzing did not know how to use a camera.
The knighthoods were conferred upon Hillary and the expedition's leader, the splendidly stolid and effective Colonel John Hunt.
For the British people, who had endured the experience of so many retreats, disappointments and humiliations since 1945, it was a euphoric moment. Here, at last, was a British expedition getting to somewhere which the Americans had not conquered first."
Edmund Hillary: A very special hero inspired by noble courage | the Mail on Sunday
"Hillary and Everest: it was a perfect match of man and achievement. Yes, Sherpa Tenzing was there, too. But in those still imperial days of 1953, there was only a gallant acolyte's place in the world's perception for the plucky little Nepalese.
If not quite Jeeves, Tenzing was seen as a faithful native bearer for the Anglo-Saxon Hillary. It seemed entirely appropriate that Hillary had to take all the photographs because Tenzing did not know how to use a camera.
The knighthoods were conferred upon Hillary and the expedition's leader, the splendidly stolid and effective Colonel John Hunt.
For the British people, who had endured the experience of so many retreats, disappointments and humiliations since 1945, it was a euphoric moment. Here, at last, was a British expedition getting to somewhere which the Americans had not conquered first."
Edmund Hillary: A very special hero inspired by noble courage | the Mail on Sunday