SIR EDMUND HILLARY

SIR EDMUND HILLARY

Sir Edmund Hillary was knighted

by queen Elizabeth the second!!!!         

News of ed hillary’s ascent of everest broke in new zealand on the same day queen elizabeth the second’s coronation.

He was a beekeepers son

His quote is “It’s not the mountain we conquer but ourselves”

Ed hillary was born on july the

20th 1919

He grew up in auckland

Ed,as he liked to be called, and Tenzing Norgay

had surmounted one of the greatest challenges

remaining to man

When reflecting on his life, he declared his most worthwhile achievements had been the buildings of schools and ect in nepal