Biography:Edmund Hillary with Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay were the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest and return safely.
An act for which he was later knighted.
Born:July 20, 1919 Birthplace:Auckland, New Zealand
1953-09-03 New Zealand Explorer Edmund Hillary (34) weds Louise Mary Rose
1989-12-21 Explorer Edmund Hillary (70) weds June Mulgrew
Historical Events
1953-05-29 Edmund Hillary (NZ) and Tenzing Norgay (Nepal) are first to reach the summit of Mount Everest as part of a British Expedition
1958-01-04 NZ team led by Edmund Hillary reaches the South Pole, the 1st to reach the Pole overland using motor vehicles and the 1st since Amundsen in 1911 and Scott in 1912
Quotes by Edmund Hillary
"Well, George, we knocked the bastard off" - Everest
Janja Garnbret
Natalia Grossman
Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou
James Cook
Juan de la Cosa
Meriwether Lewis