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    Sir Edmund Percival Hillary KG ONZ KBE (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary...
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    Peter Edmund Hillary (born 26 December 1954) is a New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist. He is the son of Sir Edmund Hillary, who, along with mountaineer...
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  • The Edmund Hillary Fellowship is a Fellowship programme for entrepreneurs, investors and startup teams in New Zealand. The idea behind the Fellowship was...
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    (40 ft) rock step two-thirds of the way up. The step was named after Sir Edmund Hillary, leading his Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, on 29 May 1953 climbing the crack...
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    Tenzing Norgay (category Edmund Hillary)
    certainly reach the summit of Mount Everest, which he accomplished with Edmund Hillary on 29 May 1953. Time named Norgay one of the 100 most influential people...
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    needed] The airport was built in 1964 under the supervision of Sir Edmund Hillary, who originally intended to build it on flat farmland. However, local...
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    to whether they were the first to reach the top. Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary made the first documented ascent of Everest in 1953, using the southeast...
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    initially severely criticised by the media and others, including Sir Edmund Hillary, for not helping Sharp. Inglis stated that Sharp had been passed by...
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  • The Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre of New Zealand (OPC) renamed Hillary Outdoors Education Centres, is a New Zealand-based not-for-profit...
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  • individuals known to have used Eureka! tents over the years include Sir Edmund Hillary on a Himalayan Expedition to Nepal; the nineteen-man team on the first...
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    guide Tenzing Norgay (who first climbed Mount Everest in 1953 with Sir Edmund Hillary) and Daku, his third wife. Jamling Tenzing Norgay himself later followed...
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    1953 British Mount Everest expedition (category Edmund Hillary)
    and the first confirmed to have succeeded when Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary reached the summit on 29 May 1953. Led by Colonel John Hunt, it was...
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  • reference to the famous New Zealand mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary. The Duke of Edinburgh's Hillary Award is a voluntary, non-competitive programme of...
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    and more than 10 Unicorn companies. Ravikant is a recipient of the Edmund Hillary Fellowship. As a podcaster he shares advice on pursuing health, wealth...
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    Airlines Pilatus PC-6 Porter carrying the wife and daughter of Sir Edmund Hillary. Red tag items typically include: Ejector seat pins Gust locks Intake/Inlet...
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  • surname Hillary Clinton, American politician Edmund Hillary, one of the first to summit Mount Everest Hillary Coast, Antarctica Hilary term, the spring term...
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    of mountaineers above Camp 4, New Zealander Peter Hillary, son of Everest pioneer Sir Edmund Hillary, decided to turn back, noting that the weather that...
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    army reservist Sir Edmund Hillary (1919–2008), New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Husserl (1859–1938), philosopher and mathematician Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron...
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    for comparison Tenzing Norgay was older than his climbing partner Sir Edmund Hillary, as the first confirmed climbers to reach the summit, they became the...
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    expedition was led by Eric Shipton and included Edmund Hillary, Tom Bourdillon and George Lowe. A foray by Hillary and Lowe was stopped due to technical difficulties...
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    level. The first official ascent was made by Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary. They reached the mountain's peak in 1953. Whether a highest point is...
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    Macrodactyly. In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reported seeing large footprints while scaling Mount Everest. Hillary would later discount Yeti...
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    Usha Mehta Sister Nirmala Nellie Sengupta Sports Viswanathan Anand Edmund Hillary Mary Kom Sachin Tendulkar Trade and industry Dhirubhai Ambani Ghanshyam...
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  • Zealand. Students and staff from Elim Christian College were at the Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre during a gorge trip. The flash flood resulted...
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  • feature of the new series was the inclusion of the portrait of Sir Edmund Hillary on the front of the five-dollar note. He was the only living person...
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    to the summit was in 2011. Apa met Edmund Hillary many times, and was on the Expedition with his son Peter Hillary in 1990, which was the first summit...
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    American G.I. Lady Diana Spencer Anne Frank Billy Graham Che Guevara Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay Helen Keller Kennedy family Bruce Lee Charles Lindbergh...
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    because of problems with Evans' oxygen set. Three days later, on 29 May, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay passed over the South Summit en route to achieving...
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    Norgay successfully summited the mountain the following year with Sir Edmund Hillary, the first successful expedition. Tibet was closed to foreigners, but...
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    Airport on a domestic charter flight. The flight was chartered by Sir Edmund Hillary to bring his wife Louise and daughter Belinda to Phaplu, where he was...
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