Everest - a tribute to Sir Edmund Hillary's by mistybleu

Everest - Nepal Sir Edmund Hillary, died at the age of 88 (19/07/19-11/07/08), made it to the summit of Everest in 1953 and became the first man (and his sherpa) on the planet to reach its highest point. Whilst I didn't climb Everest (the peak of Everest seen in the background), my desire to see it stemmed from his great achievements.

Uploaded: Jan, 11 2008 | Taken: Nov, 11 2007| Viewed: 26 times  | 8 votes

davidx - Jan, 11 2008 05:01pm Amanda - this is a fine photo and uploading it is a wonderful gesture of appreciation of a great man. rangutan - Jan, 11 2008 09:01pm ..... hear hear, a great traveller and adventurer lost + horourke - Jan, 11 2008 10:01pm A very great man, this picture is a great tribute and brings back the memory of the great event. rangutan - Jan, 11 2008 11:01pm [ On 11 January 2008, Sir Edmund Hillary died of heart failure at the Auckland City Hospital at around 9 am NZDT ] aufgehts - Feb, 28 2008 01:02am Amazing picture especially from an airplane!