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Everest conqueror Hillary dies at 88

Postby Romulus111VADT » Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:30 pm

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Re: Everest conqueror Hillary dies at 88

Postby a1 » Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:39 pm

Wow. He was a great man. He will be missed by his fellow mountaineers.
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Re: Everest conqueror Hillary dies at 88

Postby Ashar » Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:45 pm

Strange coincidence...I was reading up about his first climb only 2 days ago...RIP...He will be missed...His legacy on Everest still lives on in the form of Hillary Step ;)
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Re: Everest conqueror Hillary dies at 88

Postby beaky » Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:54 pm

He also made a lot of friends in those foothills... a generous, hardworking soul.  :)
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Re: Everest conqueror Hillary dies at 88

Postby ozzy72 » Fri Jan 11, 2008 1:57 am

A tragic loss, but a life lived to the full :'(
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Re: Everest conqueror Hillary dies at 88

Postby J. » Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:13 pm

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Re: Everest conqueror Hillary dies at 88

Postby FsNovice » Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:01 pm

Tragic loss, true explorer who, as Everest proves!, pushed the limits of what was explorable.

On a side note, he will live on, in kendal mint cake form!, his expedition  to everest took some with them and one of the party provides an anecdote about it, in the terrible conditions up there "our only complaint was, we didnt have enough!!"

This man was a REAL explorer, his party integrated with the nepalian people to gain the knowledge needed to climb the trecherous mountain.
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