SIR EDMUND HILLARY

SIR EDMUND HILLARY WAS BORN ON THE 20TH OF JULY 1919 AND DIED THE 11TH OF JANUARY 2008 OF HEART FAILURE.

BEST KNOWN AS THE FIRST MAN TO CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST.

HILLARY REACH THE TOP OF MOUNT EVEREST AT 11.30 AM ON THE 29TH MAY 1953 AT THE AGE OF 34.

SIR EDMUND HILLARY DID NOT DO IT ON HIS OWN, A SHERPA HELPED HIM TO CLIMB THE BIGGEST MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD. HIS NAME WAS TENSING NORGAY.

HILLARY BECAME INTERESTED IN CLIMBING MOUNTAINS WHEN HE WAS 16 YEARS OLD, BY 20 YEARS OLD HE HAD CLIMBED HIS FIRST MAJOR MOUNTAIN.

HE REALLY LIKED CLIMBING MOUNTAINS, SO HE CONTINUED FOR MANY YEARS.

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