Posted on: Friday, January 11, 2008
Photo gallery: Sir Edmund Hillary, conqueror of Mount Everest, dies
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edmund, hillary, new, zealand, beekeeper-turned-mountaineer, shown, with, his, sherpa, guide, tenzing, norgay, left, two, became, first, known, men, to, conquer, mount, everest, world, s, tallest, peak, died, early, auckland, city, hospital, stands, top, wearing, crude, breathing, apparatus, sir, who, said, he, removed, oxygen, gear, take, photo, others, after, minutes, realized, movements, were, becoming, clumsy, from, lack, mountain, pictured, in, evening, light, near, kala, pathar, trail, base, camp, nepal, may, son, pater, organized, prayer, session, ritual, mask, dance, tengboche, monastery, commemorate, years, father, climb, model, clothes, they, wore, as, scaled, this, was, taken, british, embassy, katmandu, capital, june, brought, most, enduring, fame, went, adventures, india, antarctica, globetrotting, advocate, environmentalism, conservation, via, snow, tractor, led, overland, team, reach, south, pole, generations, later, fruitless, yeti-searching, excursion, tibet, him, declare, abominable, snowman, mythological, creature, probably, based, rare, sightings, tibetan, blue, bear, making, speech, during, celebration, th, anniversary, scott, jan, despite, bad, weather, unstable, bridges, navigated, through, explorer, by, land, arrives, official, ceremonies, marking, conquering, file, told, chicago, tribune, that, although, so, many, people, identified, extreme, treks, my, life, not, much, stepping, has, never, been, stepped, before, traveling, but, rather, building, schools, medical, clinics, very, worthy, himalayas, no, cause, death, reported