Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, (July 20, 1919 – January 11, 2008)^[1][2] was a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer. On 29 May 1953 at the age of 33, he and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers known to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.

Hillary was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) on 6 June1953;^[21] a member of the Order of New Zealand (ONZ) in 1987; and a Knight of the Order of the Garter (KG) on 22 April 1995.^[22] He was also awarded the Polar Medal for his part in the Commonwealth Tran-Arctic Expedition.^[23] Various streets, schools and organisations around New Zealand and abroad are named after him. A few examples are Hillary College (Otara), Edmund Hillary Primary School (Papakura) and the Hillary Commission (now SPARC).

In 1992 Hillary appeared on the updated New Zealand $5 note; Hillary was the only New Zealander to appear on a banknote during their own lifetime.

To mark the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the first successful ascent of Everest the Nepalese Government conferred honorary citizenship upon Hillary at a special Golden JubileeKathmandu. He was the first foreign national to receive such an honour from the Nepalese. celebration in

A 2.3-metre (7.5 ft) bronze statue of Sir Ed was installed outside The Hermitage hotel at Mt Cook village, New Zealand, in 2003.

On 11 January 2008, Sir Edmund Hillary died of heart failure at the Auckland City Hospital at around 9 am NZDT (10 January at 20:00 UTC) at the age of 88.^[27]

Hillary's death was announced by New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark at around 11:20 am. She stated that his passing was a "profound loss to New Zealand".^[28] His death was recognised by the lowering of flags to half-mast at the New Zealand Parliament, Auckland Harbour Bridge and at Scott Base in Antarctica.^[29] Actor and adventurer Brian Blessed, who attempted to climb Everest three times, described Sir Edmund as a "kind of titan".


okay the whole entry from above was a total rip-off from Wikipedia.
Therefore, this is a disclaimer stating that none of this is
a result of my independent research, but is sourced from
in my opinion, the best website in the world.

Why do i care about this man so much?
I dont know.

Well, maybe my OBS watch was named after him.
And because of that i read alot about him.
And rather inspired by what he has done in his life.
Yep. Dats about it.


PS: I've got nothing interesting to blog about lately.
in the mean time, check out Marcus' blog.
he's got an interesting story going.