Sir Edmund Hillary, 1919-2008
Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
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Edmund Hillary, who along with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first to climb Mount Everest, died on January 11, 2008 at the age of 88. Following the 1953 Everest expedition, the mountain climber from New Zealand went to Antarctica, reaching the South Pole in early 1958. During his life he continued to climb mountains, both in the Himalayas and Antarctic.
In addition to his exploring, Hillary spent his life helping the people of Nepal. In 1960 he founded the Himalayan Trust, an organization providing schools and health care to the Sherpas. |
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Sir Edmund Hillary
Web Sites
Sir Edmund Hillary, 1919-2008 -- collection of stories and tributes from the New Zealand Herald
Times Topics: Edmund Hillary -- obituary and stories from the New York Times
Also see the paper's front page from June 2, 1953 with coverage of the Mount Everest climb
Everest Hero Edmund Hillary Dies -- from BBC News
Sir Edmund Hillary: Top of the World -- from Time magazine
Sir Edmund Hillary, Everest Pioneer, Dies at 88 -- from National Geographic
Remembrances: Edmund Hillary -- audio files and related stories from NPR
Hillary, Sir Edmund and Everest, Mount: The historic ascent of 1953 -- 2 articles from Britannica Online
Books
Reference Books: located in the Reference Section of the St. Paul campus library
- Current Biography 1954
CT 100 .C8 1954
see the entry "Hunt, Sir (Henry Cecil) John
- Encyclopedia of the Antaractic
G 855 .E55 2007
see article "Hillary, Edmund" in vol. 1
- Oxford Atlas of Exploration
G 1036 .S12 R6 1996
see "The Challenge of the Mountains" p. 220
- Standard Encyclopedia of the World's Mountains
GB 501 H98S
see the entry "Everest, Mount"
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Sir Edmund Hillary | Mount Everest | Antarctica | Mountain Climbing
Nepal
Web Sites
A Country Study: Nepal -- from the Library of Congress
Country Profile: Nepal -- from BBC News
Nepal -- from the World Health Organization
Nepal -- from Infoplease.com
World of the Sherpa and Sherpas on Everest -- 2 sections from the companion web site for the TV program NOVA: Lost on Everest
Sherpas -- part of the Royal Geographic Society's web site Imaging Everest
Himalayan Trust -- web site for the charitable organization founded by Hillary
Also see Himalayan Trust (Nepal) and the American Himalayan Foundation
Books
Reference Books: located in the Reference Section of the St. Paul campus library
- Countries and Their Cultures
GN 307 .C68 2001
see article "Nepal" in vol. 3
- Encyclopedia of World Cultures
GN 307 .E53 1991
see article "Sherpa" in vol. 3
- Encyclopedia of World Poverty
HV 12 .E54 2006
see article "Nepal" in vol. 2
- The Europa World Year Book
JN 1 .E85 2007
see article "Nepal"
- The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide: Asia and Oceania
HQ 1115 .G74 2003
see article "Nepal"
- The Human Rights Encyclopedia
JC 571 .L523 2001
see article "Nepal" in vol. 2
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