Edmund Hillary Quotes
The truth is, I'm just a rough old New Zealander who has enjoyed many challenges in his life.
Citations
Hillary, Edmund. View from the Summit. Pocket Books, 1999.
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Sir Edmund Percival Hillary KG ONZ KBE was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt. From 1985 to 1988 he served as New Zealand's High Commissioner to India and Bangladesh and concurrently as Ambassador to Nepal.