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	Sir Edmund Hillary - MSN Encarta
		In 1955 Hillary was appointed leader of the New Zealand party of the British Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, which was headed by British geologist Vivian E. Fuchs.
		Hillary led his party across Antarctica by snow tractor, pioneering a new route to the South Pole.
		Hillary was granted honorary citizenship of Nepal during celebrations held in 2003 to mark the 50th anniversary of the ascent.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761578850/Sir_Edmund_Hillary.html (448 words)

	Biography / New Zealand / Sir Edmund Hillary
		Edmund Percival Hillary was born in Auckland in 1919.
		Hillary’s fame was the ticket to fundraising and, into his ninth decade, he spends more than half the year travelling the world from his New Zealand home, raising money for the trust and supervising the various projects undertaken with the funds he’s raised.
		Hillary was someone who did the virtually impossible, climbed the world’s highest mountain, and then did the nearly impossible again refusing, as Don George writes, "to be spoiled by all the adulation and accolades that the achievement earned him, and remaining loyal to an ideal and a people he loved.
	www.polymernotes.org /biographies/NZL_bio_hillary.htm (3880 words)

	The New Zealand Edge : Heroes : Sir Edmund Hillary : www.nzedge.com
		Hillary on the summit of Mount Seally in the Southern Alps NZ 1947.
		Sir Edmund – just plain Edmund back then – is 33 years old; his hair is wind-tossed, his craggy, angular face is ruddy and burned by the sun and breeze, and he is wearing a smile as big as the Himalayan sky.
		Hillary became concerned at the damage to the environment and campaigned to control the amount of tourism and the extent to which it affected Sherpa life and culture.
	www.nzedge.com /heroes/hillary.html (4282 words)

	Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Summit Mount Everest 1953 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sir Edmund Hillary was responsible for making most of the Mount Everest pictures taken during the ascent therefore Hillary was also most responsible for building the archive of Mount Everest pictures of the 1953 expeditionary force for the british Royal Geographical Society.
		Edmund was later to be Knighted by Queen Elizabeth in recognition of the overall importance of his contributions to the British Commonwealth of Nations.
		Sir Edmund has used his notoriety with wisdom and grace and has continued to be a positive force for the betterment of the Nepalese people as well as an outspoken advocate and spokesman for environmental causes.
	www.artsales.com /ARTstudio/highland_studios/sir_edmund_hillary.html (1110 words)

	Salon Brilliant Careers \| A man to match his mountain
		Sir Edmund -- just plain Edmund back then -- is 33 years old; his hair is wind-tossed, his craggy, angular face is ruddy and burned by sun and breeze, and he is wearing a smile as big as the Himalayan sky.
		Sir Edmund is surrounded by mountain climbers and social climbers in the posh ballroom of the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco.
		Sir Edmund is reflecting, once again, on the climb that changed his life: "I was just an enthusiastic mountaineer of modest abilities who was willing to work quite hard and had the necessary imagination and determination.
	www.salon.com /bc/1998/12/cov_01bc.html (520 words)

	Edmund Hillary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, KG, ONZ, KBE (born 20 July 1919) is a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer.
		Hillary was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) on 16 July 1953; a member of the Order of New Zealand (ONZ) in 1987; and a Knight of the Order of the Garter (KG) on 23 April 1995.
		Hillary took part in the 1975 general election, as a member of the "Citizens for Rowling" campaign.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edmund_Hillary (1023 words)

	Sir Edmund Hillary presented in Journal section
		Edmund Hillary returned to Britain with the other climbers and was knighted by the Queen.
		Edmund Hillary became concerned about the degradation of the environment of the Himalayas and persuaded the Nepalese government to pass laws protecting the forest and to declare the area around Everest a National Park.
		Sir Edmund’s life was darkened by the loss of his wife and daughter in a plane crash in 1975.
	www.newsfinder.org /site/more/sir_edmund_hillary (941 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Hillary vs. Hillary
		Sir Edmund Hillary, a frequent visitor and benefactor of Nepal since his historic trek, had a brief Hillary-to-Hillary handshake at the Katmandu airport before Clinton departed Sunday for Bangladesh.
		Depending upon how one interprets Hillary Clinton's claim, either seeing Edmund Hillary's name in print inspired her mother to name her 'Hillary' (even though she came across it being used a surname rather than a first name), or it inspired her to use the less-common spelling of 'Hillary' rather than 'Hilary' when naming her daughter.
		The tidbit of information that Hillary Clinton was named for Edmund Hillary does not appear in any news stories about the First Lady written prior to her 1995 south Asian tour, and every appearance of it in news articles since then refers to that single 1995 account.
	www.snopes.com /politics/clintons/hillary.asp (994 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The View from the Summit: Books: Sir Edmund Hillary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sir Ed has also been the impetus behind a massive building programme in Nepal, where he was his country's High Commissioner, received a knighthood and the Order of the Garter from the Queen, and ended up with that rare tribute for a man still alive--his face on the New Zealand five-dollar bill.
		Sir Edmund also talks about his journey to the South Pole in a tractor and jet boating up violent rapids so don't be put off by the thought of a single topic book.
		Colleagues are dismissed with single line throw-away comments; no one apart from Hillary appears to be pulling their weight; and you get the sense that there is an element of revisionism in the telling of the tales to ensure that Hillary gets the credit for the success of each venture.
	www.amazon.co.uk /View-Summit-Sir-Edmund-Hillary/dp/0552146943 (861 words)

	LIFE - Sir Edmund Hillary - Interview
		Sir Edmund Hillary will be presented with the first annual LIFE Achievement Award, Thursday June 5, in New York City.
		In 1953, Mount Everest was conquered, and the names of an Auckland bee farmer, Edmund Hillary, and his Sherpa climbing partner, Tenzing Norgay, joined those of Peary, Amundsen and Lindbergh atop the hill of 20th century adventuring giants.
		Sir Edmund Hillary: I was born here in Auckland, but the first 15 years of my life we lived 40 miles south in a small village called Tuakau, and I went to primary school there.
	www.life.com /Life/lifebooks/hillary/hillary.html (659 words)

	SIR EDMUND HILLARY BIOGRAPHY
		In 1975, Hillary travelled by jet boat from the mouth of the Ganges to the head waters of the river high in the Himalayas.
		His son, Peter Hillary, inspired by his father has become a well-known climber, in 1990 (and in May 2002 a second time) he stood on the summit of Mount Everest with the same view his father had seen 37 years earlier.
		» Triumph on Everest : A Photobiography of Sir Edmund Hillary
	www.jerberyd.com /climbing/climbers/hillary (316 words)

	Sir Edmund Hillary
		Sir Edmund is a greatly loved and respected figure.
		Aware of the stress placed by mountaineers and trekkers on the alpine forest environment of the Sherpas, Sir Edmund Hillary approached the Nepal and New Zealand governments proposing that a national park be established in the valleys below Everest.
		Sir Edmund's affection for India was warmly reciprocated by its people, and in 1984 they welcomed him again as New Zealand's High Commissioner.
	www.theculturedtraveler.com /Archives/JUL2003/Hillary.htm (976 words)

	Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate - A new era in the development of education for young people of North Otara.
		The launch of the Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate, Otara marks a new era in the development of education for the young people of North Otara.
		The new collegiate was launched by its namesake, Sir Edmund Hillary on December 4, 2001 and combines the resources of what was Clydemore Primary, Bairds Intermediate and Hillary College in partnership with Manukau Institute of Technology and The University of Auckland.
	www.hillarycollegiate.school.nz (173 words)

	The Explorers Club - Sir Edmund Hillary
		Edmund Percival Hillary—mountaineer, explorer, writer and humanitarian—was born in Auckland, New Zealand on July 20, 1919.
		Sir Edmund Hillary’s affection for the Himalayas and its people has always endured and is perhaps best reflected by his establishment of a medical and educational charity, the Himalayan Trust, for the Sherpa peoples of Nepal, which since 1961 has built hospitals, airfields, and numerous schools.
		In 1999, his biography "View from The Summit" was released, and Sir Edmund celebrated his 80th birthday with a dinner hosted by Governor General Sir Michael and Lady Hardie Boys at Government House in Wellington, New Zealand.
	www.explorers.org /about/hillary.php (380 words)

	Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal
		Sir Edmund found in his Himalayan adventure and his subsequent celebrity the inspiration and the opportunity to "return the favor" by assisting the people who were his comrades on that climb, and by helping to protect their beautiful homeland.
		In recognition of Sir Edmund's heroic efforts and in the hope of encouraging others to follow his example, Mountain Legacy established the "Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal," to be awarded "for remarkable service in the conservation of culture and nature in remote mountainous regions."
		The Sir Edmund Hillary Medal is sponsored by Architects Without Frontiers (AWF), a not-for-profit organization based in Australia.
	mountainlegacy.net /mountainlegacy/medal.html (398 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| South Asia \| Profile: Sir Edmund Hillary
		Sir Edmund Hillary is remembered for being the first man to climb Everest.
		Sir Edmund has participated in many other climbs and expeditions, including a motorized, overland journey to the South Pole.
		In April 1997, when a statue of Tenzing was unveiled in Darjeeling, Sir Edmund made a speech reflecting on the humble beginnings his friend overcame.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/2941522.stm (693 words)

	Sir Edmund Hillary Project
		A self-described "average bloke," Sir Edmund Hillary made one of the century's landmark feats seem properly human and straightforward.
		Hillary, Sir Edmund and Fisher, James M. (1990) Sherpas: reflections on change in Himalayan Nepal, University of California Press, USA.
		Sir Edmund's early exploits are recounted in High Adventure (1955), The Crossing of Antarctica (1958), and No Latitude for Error (1961).
	www.siredmundhillary.com /hillary.html (4592 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| South Asia \| Hillary laments Everest changes
		Speaking to the BBC, Sir Edmund Hillary criticised many commercial climbers today who pay large sums of money to be helped to the top of the world's highest peak.
		Sir Edmund said mountaineering was a challenge between the mountain and the mountaineer and accused some people of paying their way to the summit.
		As mountaineers praise his and Sherpa Tenzing's efforts of 50 years ago, Sir Edmund rejected suggestions that there were no great challenges left for young people to pursue.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/2938596.stm (434 words)

	Sir Edmund Hillary
		I was honored to be able to meet and interview Sir Edmund and his wife in San Francisco the year before the book was released.
		The book may be about Sir Edmund Hillary, but to me it will always be a loving reminder of my own father and his love of the Himalayas.
		Also covered are Hillary's later years, including the tragic loss of his first wife and a daughter in a plane crash, and his ongoing efforts to improve living conditions for the Sherpas through the building of schools and hospitals.
	www.hackingfamily.com /Sue/sir_edmund_hillary.htm (587 words)

	Sir Edmund Hillary and the Legends of Modern Climbing History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sir Edmund Hillary: Well the food we had for high altitude was very simple really.
		Sir Edmund Hillary: Well I think that the tourism is a very big economic benefit to the Sherpa people and also they have very strong ties to their own social attitudes and their own religion, so fortunately, they're not too influenced by many of our Western attitudes.
		It's hard to imagine Sir Edmund Hillary wriggling and squirming, but then, he'd be the first to admit: they weren't as technical back in those days.
	classic.mountainzone.com /climbing/himalayan (1711 words)

	30 October 2000
		It is nearly 50 years since the headlines and that photograph of the lone conqueror on the summit.
		At the time we speculated whether it was Tenzing or Hillary in his oxygen mask, the union flag of the United Kingdom fluttering from the raised ice-pick.
		It is not surprising that Hillary should be from New Zealand, where the land is a challenge and an inspiration.
	www.mckellen.com /cinema/lotr/001030.htm (508 words)

	Sir Edmund Hillary
		Sir Edmund Hillary, best known for the historic achievement of being the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest, also made history in the Antarctic.
		Sir Edmund was for many years the New Zealand High Commissioner in India.
		The truth is that Hillary and Tenzing Norgey were the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
	www.leeandkristin.net /Antarctica/People/Hillary.html (163 words)

	Sir Edmund Hillary
		Evans and Bourdillon reach the South Summit at 1 PM at an elevation of 28,750 feet (8770 meters), but are forced to descend due to the lateness of the hour, strong winds, and lack of oxygen.
		After negotiating the 40 foot (12 meter) Hillary Step, they are the first to reach the summit of Everest, reaching the top at 11:30 AM.
		Sir Edmund Hillary and his wife at the 50th annivervity celbration in Nepal May 2003 copyright©
	www.everesthistory.com /climbers/hillary.htm (313 words)

	Sir Edmund Hillary KG, KBE, ONZ
		Edmund Hillary (1919–) joined Shipton’s 1951 Everest Reconnaissance and the expedition to Cho Oyu in 1952, before making the first successful ascent to the summit of Everest, with Tenzing Norgay, as part of the 1953 Expedition.
		A series of adventures followed his ascent of Everest in 1953, including driving three “caterpillar vehicles,” which were adapted from farm tractors to the South Pole and taking three fast jet boats up the Ganges river from the ocean to its source in the Himalayas.
		Through his charitable foundation, the Sir Edmund Hillary Himalayan Trust, he has constructed 27 schools, 2 hospitals, many bridges, fresh-water pipelines, and supported and rebuilt many Buddhist monasteries.
	imagingeverest.rgs.org /Concepts/Imaging_Everest/-287.html (276 words)

	Amazon.com: Sir Edmund Hillary and the People of Everest: Books: Anne Keiser,Cynthia Russ Ramsey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Triumph on Everest: A Photobiography of Sir Edmund Hillary by Broughton Coburn
		When 33-year-old New Zealand beekeeper Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa climbing partner Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mt. Everest on May 29, 1953, they congratulated each other with a handshake and a hearty embrace.
		It was the beginning of a lifelong relationship between Hillary and the Sherpa people-a people whose courage, skill, and generosity of spirit made Himalayan exploration possible.Sir Edmund Hillary and the People of Everest is a story of giving back.
	www.amazon.com /Sir-Edmund-Hillary-People-Everest/dp/0740729500 (1023 words)

	LIFE - Sir Edmund Hillary - Interview
		Edmund Hillary, left, Col. John Hunt, center and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay taking a last look at Mount Everest before leaving Katmandu, Nepal in 1953
		But, you know, as I've said many times, this was Everest, so we felt we had to push it a bit harder than maybe we would ordinarily.
		Once we climbed that step on the ridge, which is now called the Hillary Step, the ridge sort of ran away, almost out of sight.
	www.life.com /Life/lifebooks/hillary/hillary4.html (1471 words)

	SIR EDMUND HILLARY
		Sir Edmund Hillary is New Zealand's most famous person.
		Note: The only public celebration for the 40th Anniversary of the Founding of Scott Base and the Trans-Antarctic Expedition was held in Christchurch at the famous Scott statue where Sir Edmund Hillary made a speach and laid a wreath.
		Note: Text on back of envelope in English honours Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay for being the first to climb the highest mountain in the world - Mount Qomolangma which is the Chinese name for Mount Everest.
	www.newzeal.com /theme/Himalaya/hillary.htm (546 words)

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