Edmund Hillary (1919–2008)
Autor de Una visión desde la cumbre : el hombre que es venerado como un dios entre los sherpas
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Mountain climber and explorer Sir Edmund Hillary was born in Auckland, New Zealand on July 20, 1919. He became one of the first two men to successfully climb to the top of Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. He and his Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norkay, reached the top of Everest on May mostrar más 29, 1953. Hillary wrote of this conquest in a chapter titled "Final Assault," found in The Conquest of Everest by Sir John Hunt. Queen Elizabeth knighted both of them during the coronation festivities of 1953. Before the Everest triumph, Hillary had written several books about his adventures on other famous expeditions, including several climbs of other Himalayan peaks. In 1957, he established New Zealand's Scott Base in Antarctica and led the first vehicles overland to the South Pole. In June 1960, Hillary announced that in the fall he would attempt an ascent of the 27,790-foot Malaka Peak in Nepal, about 20 miles east of Everest. He had two objectives: "...first, to determine the effects of high altitude on climbers not equipped with oxygen equipment and, second, to make further efforts to track down the 'Abominable Snowman'" (New York Times). The results, which were negligible, are told in High in the Thin Cold Air (1962), which Hillary co-authored with Desmond Doig. This expedition did, however, establish a school at Khumjung, which made up for some of the other disappointments. In 1985 Hillary was named ambassador to India. He died on January 11, 2008 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) Sir Edmund Hillary is the first person to climb Mt. Everest; subsequent to his ascent he was knighted by the Queen of England. (Publisher Provided) mostrar menos
Créditos de la imagen: Photo credit: Mariusz Kubik, Warsaw, June 17, 2004
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Mundos para explorar : historias clásicas de viajes y aventuras del National Geographic (2006) — Contribuidor — 100 copias
Voices From The Summit: The Worlds Great Mountaineers On The Future Of Climbing (2000) — Contribuidor — 47 copias
Best-in-Books The Silver Chalice; A King's Story; A Man Called Peter; The Day Chist Died; Kids Say the Darndest Things;… (1960) — Contribuidor — 8 copias
The Conquest of Everest — Actor — 2 copias
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- Hillary, Sir Edmund
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HILLARY, Edmund - Fecha de nacimiento
- 1919-07-20
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2008-01-11
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- New Zealand
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Lugares de residencia
- Auckland, New Zealand
Tuakau, New Zealand
Nepal - Educación
- Tuakau Primary School
Auckland Grammar School - Ocupaciones
- beekeeper
mountaineer
explorer - Relaciones
- Norgay, Tenzing (friend)
Hillary, Louise (1st wife)
Hillary, Peter (son)
Mulgrew, June (2nd wife)
Hillary, Sarah (daughter) - Organizaciones
- Royal New Zealand Air Force (WWII)
Himalayan Trust
The Alpine Club - Premios y honores
- Order of the British Empire (Knight Commander, 1953)
Order of New Zealand (member, 1987)
Order of the Garter (Knight Companion, 1995) - Biografía breve
- Sir Edmund Hillary was born on 20 July 1919 in New Zealand and was a mountaineer and explorer. He became well known internationally when he and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest and was well known later in life for his services to Nepal and was made an honorary citizen. He passed away as the result of a heart attack on 11 January 2008, shortly before he was due to leave Auckland City Hospital. Sir Edmund was 88 years old.
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