Edmund Hillary

Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (July 20, 1919 – January 11, 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt.
Category:Last Name Hillary
Category:Born 1919
Category:Died 2008