January 10, 2008
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Sir Edmnund Hillary was still alive?
Quite a guy. I've enjoyed his camping equipment for years.
He was a Kiwi.
Imagine the headline: "Hillary Dead". Some double takes, I think.
To be honest, I thought he'd been dead for years.
Every time I hear it on the news I start tearing up. He was such an amazing man. #2 and I were incredibly fortunate to meet him and hear him speak four years ago, and he was funny, friendly, self-effacing.
His family have been offered a state funeral, he is (well, was) the only living kiwi on our banknotes, and he deserves all the tributes he's going to receive.
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Bye, Ed.
Side note: The Ed part of my handle is after him.
He was notable for his "ordinariness", so I'd recommend anyone who only knows him for his relationship with a mountain, read some more. Here's a short history.
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Sad. A great man, who knew how to wear goggles with panache.
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Another great man gone. It feels like subsequent generations to his aren't creating them any more.
A man who really did know where the high ground was.
Pfft. Tenzing went first.
He never disputed that a far as I know.
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AFAIK
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(and you know, i wasn't sure i was going to do that until i read this thread.)
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