Breaking on CNN: Sir Edmund Hillary has died.

edbermac

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Thu Jan-10-08 06:01 PM
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Breaking on CNN: Sir Edmund Hillary has died.

First to scale Mt Everest.

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book_worm

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Thu Jan-10-08 06:04 PM
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1. because it's there.

RIP, Sir Edmund.

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dmallind

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Thu Jan-10-08 06:04 PM
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2. Well probably first white guy but sad nonetheless

I suspect a few other Sherpas than Tenzing Norgay had the ability to get up there and did so before the 1950s but hey we have no clue who they are.

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Nailzberg

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Thu Jan-10-08 06:18 PM
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3. Didn't even know he was alive.

:shrug:

Godspeed, Sir Edmund. Even if your record is a Western-centric view, doesn't diminish the accomplishment. You dared to dream and reach the summit.

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