The Everest conqueror passes away


	The Everest conqueror passes away

vickybaranwal

1-11-2008 10:37 PM

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edmund hillary, mount everest

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A life marked by grand achievements, high adventure, discovery, excitement and personal humility                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
</I></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/12/stories/2008011258630100.htm"><EM>Great summiteers: </EM>Edmund Hillary of New Zealand (right) and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal who conquered Mount Everest on May 29, 1953 are seen in this 1953 handout photograph. Sir Edmund, who became one of the 20th century’s greatest adventurers, died on Friday in Auckland, New Zealand</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/12/stories/2008011258630100.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.hindu.com/img/60A7991A-D063-4F8B-8131-525BA9F1189F" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/12/stories/2008011258630100.htm"><P>WELLINGTON: Sir Edmund Hillary, the unassuming beekeeper who conquered Mount Everest, the world’s tallest peak, to win renown as one of the 20th century’s greatest adventurers, died on Friday. He was 88. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/12/stories/2008011258630100.htm"><P>The gangling New Zealander later devoted much of his life to aiding the mountain people of Nepal and took his fame in stride, preferring to be called Ed and considering himself an “ordinary person with ordinary qualities.” He was New Zealand’s High Commissioner to India from 1985 to 1989.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/12/stories/2008011258630100.htm">He had been unwell for some time and died in hospital at 9 a.m. on Friday (20 hours GMT Thursday) from a heart attack</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/12/stories/2008011258630100.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.hindu.com/img/D46ADD07-E756-4057-9D5E-D71089DE1C28" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8CF6E748-4A7D-4FC0-90C9-06357C100C0C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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