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2008-01-11 -Obits-

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Posted by Seafarious 2008-01-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 I just know his namesake the Hildabeest will miss him....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-01-11 00:41|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-01-11 00:41|| Front Page Top

#2 A ture and dedicated enviromentalist and humanitarian. Go well Sir Edmund. You are now finally united with your wife and daughter.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-01-11 01:07|| 2008-01-11 01:07|| Front Page Top

#3 [Josh has been pooplisted.]

Posted by Josh">Josh 2008-01-11 02:59|| http://www.people-to-remember.com]">[http://www.people-to-remember.com] 2008-01-11 02:59|| Front Page Top

#4 The news last night had an interview where he modestly said he was not a hero, and he was wearing a ballcap the was embroidered "Sir Ed". I took that as a sign of humility and humor...

Posted by Bobby 2008-01-11 06:31|| 2008-01-11 06:31|| Front Page Top

#5 Climing the mountain was just the beginning. He went on to greater heights:

He devoted much of his life to aiding the mountain people of Nepal, where he helped build clinics, hospitals and 17 schools.

A class act, start to finish.

Posted by Mike 2008-01-11 08:16|| 2008-01-11 08:16|| Front Page Top

#6 Her thighness claimed in 1995 that her mother named her after him. If so, she was prescient. HRC was born in '47. Sir Edmund accomplished his feat in '53. Another Clinton ~~fantasy~~ lie

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-01-11 09:23|| 2008-01-11 09:23|| Front Page Top

#7 The stuff of books and of Hollywood Frank. "~~Everest~~ The White House and Beyond", etc. Der Hildebeast.... Tibetan Yaks, the zooooological connection is inescapble. If only Marlin Perkins were here to confirm.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-01-11 09:36|| 2008-01-11 09:36|| Front Page Top

#8 Having been on a couple lessor tops I can only imagine what those went though to be the first to the top. Those gentlemen are men. RIP Sir.

Frank thanks for the tidbit.

Posted by Icerigger 2008-01-11 10:00|| http://coonlakebeach.com/support_mn_troops.htm]">[http://coonlakebeach.com/support_mn_troops.htm] 2008-01-11 10:00|| Front Page Top

#9 When men were men... we can aspire to be worthy of their memory.

Posted by Excalibur 2008-01-11 10:25|| 2008-01-11 10:25|| Front Page Top

#10 I have a copy of Sir John Hunts book, Our Everest Adventure at home. He wrote the account of the first successful ascent of Mt. Everest. The thing that always amazed me about it was that how everybody worked as a team for the effort, and that everybody did the grunt work of hauling supplies to advanced camps and supply dumps at high altitude. You did not have the care and feeding of hungry egos or prima donnas on that expedition.

Ed Hillary and Tenzing Norgay got the honor of the final assault on the summit. Hillary always maintained an air of humility, and paid respect to the team effort of the achievement.

He got international acclaim for the feat, but he gave back to Nepal, the Nepalese people, and mountaineering. One class act!

My dad and mom got to meet Ed and Louise (as they insisted they be called) at a get-together in Orinda, California, at a rock climbing group that we belonged to at the time in the early sixties. Dad remarked how a genuine down-to-earth fellow Hillary was.

Dad asked Hillary if he liked to *cough-cough* roll rocks, given a suitable venue, where it is safe and there is no area that could be damaged by the activity. Ed replied, Sure we do! Doesnt any good mountaineer? We like the ones that take six or seven blokes to shove off.

What a remarkable life Ed Hillary lived, and how greatly he has inspired others in his mountaineering and charitable activities. His passing is a milestone.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2008-01-11 16:01|| 2008-01-11 16:01|| Front Page Top

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