Edmund Hillary Quotes:
Ocupation: Mountaineer
Life: July 20, 1919 - January 11, 2008
Birthday: July 20
Death: January 11
Geography was not furthered by the achievement, scientific progress was scarcely hastened, and nothing new was discovered. Yet the names of Hillary and Tenzing went instantly into all languages as the names of heroes, partly because they really were men of heroic mold but chiefly because they represented so compellingly the spirit of their time.
topic: Hero, Men, Names, Mt Everest, Scientific Progress
