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Friday, January 11, 2008

Sir Edmund Hillary, RIP

Sir Edmund Hillary, the lanky New Zealand mountaineer and explorer who with Tenzing Norgay, his Sherpa guide, won worldwide acclaim in 1953 by becoming the first to scale the 29,035-foot summit of Mount Everest, the world’s tallest peak, has died, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark announced Friday in Wellington.

See also: The Great Yeti Hunt

And: Yeti Hunter Sir Edmund Hillary Dies
Prof. Hex at 9:43 PM
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