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Bookmark or Share- Edmund Hillary - WikipediaSir Edmund Percival Hillary KG ONZ KBE (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.
- Sir Edmund Hillary - Academy of AchievementSir Edmund Hillary dedicated much of his long life to environmental causes and to humanitarian efforts on behalf of the Nepalese people. More than half a century after his most famous feat, his fame remained undimmed.
- Edmund Hillary | Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts | BritannicaEdmund Hillary (born July 20, 1919, Auckland, New Zealand—died January 11, 2008, Auckland) was a New Zealand mountain climber and Antarctic explorer who, with the Nepali-Indian mountaineer Tenzing Norgay, was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest (29,035 feet [8,850 meters]; see Researcher’s Note: Height of Mount Everest), the highest m...
- Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay - 1953 Everest - National GeographicEdmund Hillary (left) and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the 29,035-foot summit of Everest on May 29, 1953, becoming the first people to stand atop the world's highest mountain.
- Explorers for Kids: Sir Edmund Hillary - DuckstersSir Edmund Hillary (1919 - 2008) was an explorer and mountain climber. Together with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, he was the first to climb to the summit of Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world.
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