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Parche

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Thu Jan-10-08 06:25 PM
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FOX News: Hillary Dies

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Sir Edmund Hillary, the unassuming beekeeper who conquered Mount Everest to win renown as one of the 20th century's greatest adventurers, has died, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark announced Friday. He was 88.

Oh wait.....wrong Hillary....:shrug: :shrug: :hi:

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lost-in-nj

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Thu Jan-10-08 06:30 PM
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1. Hey

have you gone dry????

no bar BUTTs lately......

mugabe

:hi:

lost

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Parche

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Thu Jan-10-08 06:35 PM
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3. friday is when the bar opens up GORN

so there

you just have to wait

i did have beverages last night tho

:hi:

found open tomorrow

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seemunkee

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Thu Jan-10-08 06:35 PM
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2. an amazing adventurer who gave a lot back to the Nepalese

Edited on Thu Jan-10-08 06:35 PM by seemunkee

RIP Sir Edmund

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Westegg

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Thu Jan-10-08 07:27 PM
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6. PLUS he has David Lynch's hair...

...But yeah, I always admired him for, to paraphrase Dylan, "doin' what he did and gettin' through."
If you say he gave a lot back to the Nepalese, seemunkee, I'll believe it. I suspect there are climbers who didn't.

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madinmaryland

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Thu Jan-10-08 06:51 PM
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4. Nice post, Bill-O!!1!!

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Deep13

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Thu Jan-10-08 06:55 PM
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5. The loss of a 20th century icon.

Edited on Thu Jan-10-08 06:56 PM by Deep13

Sir Edmund in the 1950s, possibly in preparation for the 1958 South Pole expedition.

Tenzing Norgay on the Summit of Chomolungma (Everest) in 1953. Photo by Edmund Hillary.

Sir Edmund on the New Zealand $5 note. This one was autographed and auctioned to raise money for Nepalese charity.

Sir Edmund later in life. After Everest, he complained that he had no time left to be a beekeeper, his previous profession.

"Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it." Edmund Hillary.

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Thu Jan-10-08 07:32 PM
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7. and on the third day she was ressurrected by Diebold.

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Deep13

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Fri Jan-11-08 09:02 AM
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8. who?

:shrug:

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