Sir Edmund Hillary

Sir Edmund Hillary

Sir Edmund Hillary was the very first mountaineer to ever climb Mount Everest on the 29th of May, 1953. Sir Edmund Hillary and his partner, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay were the very first people to reach the top. Sir Edmund was also put onto the 5 dollar note in honour of his amazing achievement. Before he climbed Mt Everest, he was originally a Bee Keeper. They tackled rock and ice, some vertical for 5 hours and had made it at 11:30AM. Sadly, his partner Sherpa has died several years later, at a young age.

During the next 50 years, Edmund Hillary had done a lot of amazing things like Jet boating out of the Mighty Mouth Of the Ganges River. Soon enough, Sir Edmund th0ught of a brilliant idea. He was the one who founded the Himalayan Trust. When he first arrived, his priorities were to create a life for the people. Loads of volunteer’s had come all around the world to help build foundations.

Sherpa’s had to cut roots, moved heavy boulders, and levelled the ground. It made it even more difficult to make because there was no heavy machinery to build roads nor an Airstrip. Sir Edmund Hillary went through some grief in his life because his wife and youngest daughter (Belinda) were supposed to visit him in the Himalayas but sadly the plane they were on crashed and both of them died. Although his closest family members died, that did not stop him from completing the job.

For the past 30 years, Sir Edmund Hillary built two hospitals, twelve clinics, several bridges and an Airstrip. He was remembered for his charitable work and for being on the five dollar note. He was a hero to all, people will remember him as the hero who saved the Himalayans and the people who belonged there.