• Portrait Sir Edmund Hillary, Australia, July 1953. In 1949, the long-standing climbing route to the summit of Everest was closed by Chinese-controlled Tibet.
  • He was born Edmund Percival Hillary on July 20, 1919, in Auckland, New Zealand, to Gertrude and Percival Hillary.
  • Edmund Hillary, 11 Ocak 2008'de Yeni Zelanda saatiyle sabah 9:35'te 88 yaşında Auckland'daki bir hastanede kalp krizinden öldü.
  • Hillary has also remained active in the region where he made his famous climb. The Sir Edmund Hillary Himalayan Trust provides funds and expertise to support...
  • On May 29, 1953 Edmund Hillary and the Tenzing Norgay were the first to summit the 29,029-foot peak of Mt. Everest, the highest in the world.
  • The death of Sir Edmund Hillary is one of last chapters in the conquest of Mount Everest, whose summit the New Zealander reached in 1953 with Tenzing Norgay.
  • Edmund Hillary and Tibetan mountaineer Tenzing Norgay were the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world.
  • Edmund Hillary was born in Tuakau, New Zealand. His interest in mountaineering developed after a school trip aged sixteen.
  • Edmund Hillary, climbing with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, was the first person to reach the summit of Mt Everest – the world’s highest mountain.
  • These were the words spoken by Sir Edmund Hillary to George Lowe after he and his sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first men to summit Mount Everest.