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 A 29,035ft monolith, Mount Everest
was considered virtually insurmountable in the minds of explorers
and adventurers until May 29 1953. On that day, Edmund Hillary
and his climbing companion Tenzing Norgay were able to claim that — after
thirty years of endeavour and fourteen failed attempts — they
alone had stood on the highest point on Earth.
Five years later Hillary became the first person to travel to
the South Pole by motorised vehicle and, in 1977, he led an expedition
from the delta to the source of the River Ganges high in the Himalayan
snowfields. His deeds and humanitarian reputation resulted in his
appointment as the New Zealand High Commissioner to India in 1985
and since 1990 his portrait has graced the New Zealand five dollar
bill.
Knighted for his feats in 1953 and instantly recognisable as New
Zealand's greatest explorer, Hillary continues to be revered for
his work with the Nepalese people as head of the philanthropic
Sir Edmund Hillary Himalayan Trust.
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