Sir Edmund Hillary was the First Man to Climb the 8,850m (29,035ft) peak The World's Highest Mountain - Mount Everest, with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, on 29 May 1953.
On 11 January 2008, Edmund Hillary Died of heart failure at the Auckland City Hospital at around 9 am NZDT (10 January at 20:00 UTC) at the age of 88.
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Sir Edmund Hillary with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, climbed Mount Everest in 1953 |
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Sir Edmund began climbing Mountains in his Native New Zealand as a teenager and soon earned renown as an Ice Climber |
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Sir Edmund Hillary wrote a Book about the Climb. |
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Sir Edmund Hillary was honoured with Numerous Awards. Here he receives a Gold Medal from Former Indian President Rajendra Prasad |
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In 2003, Sir Edmund Hillary travelled to Kathmandu for celebrations marking the Everest expedition's 50th anniversary |
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