Chrono Compendium Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.Did you miss your activation email? 1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever Login with username, password and session length News: Home Help Search Login Register Chrono Compendium » Zenan Plains - Site Discussion » General Discussion » Sir Edmund Hillary Departs « previous next » Print Pages: [1] Author Topic: Sir Edmund Hillary Departs (Read 353 times) ZeaLitY Entity End of Timer (+10000) Posts: 10795 Spring Breeze Dancin' Sir Edmund Hillary Departs « on: January 10, 2008, 10:46:06 pm » http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/10/edmund.hillary.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryviewHe's out of here after a spectacular life and a long tenure of capitalizing on his mountaineering feat to accomplish tremendous humanitarian work for Nepal and inspire the world with his example.QuoteWell, we knocked the bastard off!QuoteWhile standing on top of Everest, I looked across the valley, towards the other great peak, Makalu, and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed… it showed me that, even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn’t the end of everything for me, by any means. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges.QuoteIt is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.QuoteYou don't have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things — to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals. The intense effort, the giving of everything you've got, is a very pleasant bonus.QuoteNobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.QuoteIn some ways I believe I epitomise the average New Zealander: I have modest abilities, I combine these with a good deal of determination, and I rather like to succeed.QuoteI am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men. Logged Burning Zeppelin God of War (+3000) Posts: 3137 Re: Sir Edmund Hillary Departs « Reply #1 on: January 10, 2008, 11:44:00 pm » You can't feel bad for him. He lived his life to the full, and he died I assume a happy man. Logged FaustWolf Guru of Time Emeritus Arbiter (+8000) Posts: 8972 Fan Power Advocate Re: Sir Edmund Hillary Departs « Reply #2 on: January 10, 2008, 11:47:17 pm » Huh, I never knew he hailed from New Zealand. Earth's very own Toma Levine. Thanks for the quotes Zeality! Logged Print Pages: [1] « previous next » Chrono Compendium » Zenan Plains - Site Discussion » General Discussion » Sir Edmund Hillary Departs