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Sir Edmund Hillary Dead at Age 88

Sir Edmund Hillary Dead at Age 88

Posted January 10, 2008 at 5:21 pm · Comments { 2 } ·

Sir Edmund Hillary, probably the first person (along with Tenzing Norgay) to summit Mt. Everest in 1953 died Friday in New Zealand. Famous for both his strength and his humility, Hillary dedicated his life after his Everest success to furthering humanitarian causes in the Everest region.buy grifulvin online https://www.preferredprivatecare.com/wp-content/themes/prefprivatery315/images/slider/jpg/grifulvin.html no prescription While not directly related […]

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Big "E" Update

Posted May 18, 2007 at 12:30 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Summit fever is in full effect again on Everest this year. With 480 ascents last year and well over 200 already this year, Everest is almost turning into your local Colorado 14er…but not quite. The Super Sherpa expedition I had written about earlier seems to have been a success. There is no word on the […]

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Super Sherpa Expedition

Posted April 30, 2007 at 9:28 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Along with my passion for rock climbing news I also have a fading obsession with armchair mountaineering. With May rapidly approaching that can mean only one thing: it is Everest Season. Sadly, I haven’t been doing much reading on the subject in the past few years. I have already read most of the books (several […]

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