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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=mpstoryview

He'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.

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While 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.

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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.

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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!