RIP Sir Edmund Hillary

**laseranimal** · 01-10-2008, 05:02 PM

Dead at 88

just crossed on Sportscenter

**skikola** · 01-10-2008, 05:04 PM

Just saw that....
Certainly, RIP

**jon gaper** · 01-10-2008, 05:05 PM

did a lot for nepal. sorry to hear that, but he had a very good life. quite the opposite of the self serving bitch by that name

**jongtastic** · 01-10-2008, 05:08 PM

damn just saw this too, he climed everest in 1953

RIP im sure you were a kickass dude

**PNWbrit** · 01-10-2008, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by jongtastic

damn just saw this too, he climed everest in 1953

Welcome from under which ever rock you've been living!

As others have said a good man who did many good things as well as climb mountains.

**Boomer28** · 01-10-2008, 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by jon gaper

did a lot for nepal. sorry to hear that, but he had a very good life. quite the opposite of the self serving bitch by that name

Way to cunt up a thread paying respect to a legend by injecting your political beliefs. Classy move.

**skiHOG** · 01-10-2008, 05:25 PM

met him in NZ a few years back. he was certainly old, but it was obvious the guy was 'core in his younger days.

may you rest in peace where the peaks go up and on forever.

also, a little write up....http://www.stuff.co.nz/4351997a10.html

**Jim S** · 01-10-2008, 05:36 PM

RIP Sir.

+++ vibes to your family, friends, and loved ones

**HikeforTurns** · 01-10-2008, 05:50 PM

cool that he got to live that long.

RIP

**Trackhead** · 01-10-2008, 05:52 PM

Hard to imagine what they did, with what they had.

I think we forget that sometimes.

**grrrr** · 01-10-2008, 06:18 PM

Got to respect that man. RIP.

**tranzformer** · 01-10-2008, 06:21 PM

Sad to see a great man go.

**cjump** · 01-10-2008, 07:05 PM

there aren't too many kick ass dudes left and we just lost one. RIP Sir Ed.

**goldenboy** · 01-10-2008, 07:10 PM

Mad respect not just for being first on Everest, but for all he did for the sherpa people after. RIP

**gpcharles** · 01-10-2008, 07:10 PM

RIP. Interesting it's a year to the day since Brad Washburn passed on. Both very impressive human beings. Both went far too young.

**DharmaBum** · 01-10-2008, 08:08 PM

A man among men, who inspired many.

"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."

Rest in Peace, Sir Edmund.

**hop** · 01-10-2008, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by DharmaBum

A man among men, who inspired many.

"It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."

Rest in Peace, Sir Edward.

I think you mean Edmund. RIP.

Hugh Conway · 01-10-2008, 08:35 PM

"You don't have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things — to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals. The intense effort, the giving of everything you've got, is a very pleasant bonus." said Sir Ed

**bigtrubs** · 01-10-2008, 08:36 PM

... Amazing man.

I even named my one and only hamster after him.

**vinnay** · 01-10-2008, 09:07 PM

RIP, legend.

**bostonski** · 01-10-2008, 09:25 PM

Originally Posted by vinnay

RIP, legend.

He certainly was a legend.

When I was 13 I remember eating at this small pub in Wales. (Don't remember the name) Across the street was this hotel where supposedly the whole expedition was planned. Back then I didn't think much of it but now after seeing what Hillary did it was pretty damn cool.

Anyways.. RIP Sir Edmund Hillary

**bullhorn** · 01-10-2008, 10:18 PM

My favorate quote from him was when somebody asked him why there was no photo of him on the summit and only one of Tenzing Norgay.

"As far as I knew, he had never taken a photograph before, and the summit of Everest was hardly the place to show him how."

RIP

**xyz** · 01-10-2008, 10:27 PM

RIP.

I met him in High School when he gave us a talk. I never forgot his presence.

**forum8fox** · 01-10-2008, 10:30 PM

one of the few and I'm sure proud old climbers to have made it as long as they did, 88's pretty impressive.

no less impressive then what they accomplished with what they had as mentioned before. It's funny to think what a tourist attraction everest has become. It wasn't like that back then.

RIP Brave Soul

**Wiilbert** · 01-10-2008, 10:54 PM

I heard a story awhile back, it could all just be internet heresy but it fits his character.

For years, neither him nor Norgay would say who actually stepped onto the summit first as they wanted to share the accomplishment. Eventually, Hillary admitted that he said to Norgay just short of the summit 'It's your country, you go first'. Class act all the way.

RIP