Just watched live from New Zealand, the funeral of this great man who was first to climb and descend Mount Everest. An amazing life of one who certainly spent his life doing great work. Sir Edmund Hillary: The Times obituary Resolute climber who made mountaineering history with Sherpa Tenzing in ascending the world’s highest peak in 1953 Sir Edmund Hillary: The Times obituary obituary - Times Online
He certainly was a great man and also a gentleman. A true hero that the youth of today could look up to as an example. Sniper eep: