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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.
He was 88. [link]
I had the honour of meeting him once and, awed as I was, his smile alone was enough to win me over. He was an inspiration, a great man and a gentle soul. He will truly live forever with some of us.
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1 Nikhil // Jan 11, 2008 at 3:51 pm
There are some nice recollections of Sir E. from Tenzing’s son and grandson in today’s Telegraph (Calcutta).
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080112/jsp/nation/story_8773290.jsp
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