Edmund Hillary
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title:
Edmund Hillary
text:
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary 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. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt. From 1985 to 1988 he served as New Zealand's High Commissioner to India and Bangladesh and concurrently as Ambassador to Nepal. Hillary became interested in mountaineering while in secondary
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New Zealand mountaineer (1919–2008)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Hillary
date created:
2002-08-20T05:35:36Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T22:38:26Z
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