Sir Edmund Hillary died
Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first men to climb to Everest.
Hillary was born in 1919 and grew up in Auckland, New Zealand. It was in New Zealand that he began to climb. It was when he was sixteen, during a school trip to Mount Ruapehu, that his interest in mountaineering began. He also discovered that while he was not a natural athlete he was physically strong and had higher levels of endurance than many of his friends.
He was seriously involved in climbing
“Some day I’m going to climb the Everest”, he had told a friend.
Mountain Everest is between Tibet and Nepal. Before 1952 several expeditions failed to reach the summit and some people died in the attempt.
Hillary spent as much time as he could preparing for Everest. He climbed the Southern Alps in summer and winter, to practice both rock climbing and ice pick work. In 1951 Hillary made his first trip to the Himalayas and the following year joined a British Everest Committee training team. Hillary was in the British expedition in 1953 and after some weeks of incredible work in hardly conditions, he and the sherpa Tenzing reached the summit on May 29. They reached the highest point on earth.
The photos of Hillary and Tenzing on the top of the world were spread across the globe.
Hillary made humanitarian work for the Nepalese people for the rest of his life. He helped Sherpas building schools, hospitals and making other social work for people who lived in a so poor country.
He was also concerned by the degradation of the environment of the Himalayas and worked to persuade Nepalese government to make laws protecting the forest and areas around the Everest.
This is my small tribute to Hillary and Tenzing as models of people who work hard for the achievement of goals. I believe that strong motivation is the most important factor for you to achieve the objectives proposed by yourself.
Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first men to climb to Everest.
Hillary was born in 1919 and grew up in Auckland, New Zealand. It was in New Zealand that he began to climb. It was when he was sixteen, during a school trip to Mount Ruapehu, that his interest in mountaineering began. He also discovered that while he was not a natural athlete he was physically strong and had higher levels of endurance than many of his friends.
He was seriously involved in climbing
“Some day I’m going to climb the Everest”, he had told a friend.
Mountain Everest is between Tibet and Nepal. Before 1952 several expeditions failed to reach the summit and some people died in the attempt.
Hillary spent as much time as he could preparing for Everest. He climbed the Southern Alps in summer and winter, to practice both rock climbing and ice pick work. In 1951 Hillary made his first trip to the Himalayas and the following year joined a British Everest Committee training team. Hillary was in the British expedition in 1953 and after some weeks of incredible work in hardly conditions, he and the sherpa Tenzing reached the summit on May 29. They reached the highest point on earth.
The photos of Hillary and Tenzing on the top of the world were spread across the globe.
Hillary made humanitarian work for the Nepalese people for the rest of his life. He helped Sherpas building schools, hospitals and making other social work for people who lived in a so poor country.
He was also concerned by the degradation of the environment of the Himalayas and worked to persuade Nepalese government to make laws protecting the forest and areas around the Everest.
This is my small tribute to Hillary and Tenzing as models of people who work hard for the achievement of goals. I believe that strong motivation is the most important factor for you to achieve the objectives proposed by yourself.
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I saw the piece of news a few days ago and I also thought how interesting this man must have been.
Nothing to comment from the language point of view. The text is perfect!
Hi! nice post and nice tribute to this people.
This kind of people make easy to believe in human being and make easy to believe in something better for our world.
Men dedicate their lives to different causes. Passions can be turned into life and life into passions. He is an example. I loved reding about this man. Thanks!
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