Kia ora this week we have been writing about Sir Edmund Hillary, I wrote about what Sir Edmund Hillary did before he was famous after he was famous and when he was near the end of his life in this writing I’ll explain all of that.
Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb mount everest, the highest mountain above sea level Edmund Hillary also climbed the mountain with his mountaineer partner Tenzing Norgay, Edmund Hillary had came with over 400 total members as supporting team there 20 sherpa guides and 13 climbers including Edmund Hillary, and there were about 350 to 362 porters, although all those people came with Sir Edmund Hillary only Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to reach the top of summit.
Shortly after Tenzing Norgay had made it to the top of mount everest Sir Edmund Hillary was Knighted in june 1953 but he was made public around june 6 -7 which now meant that Edmund Hillary was now Sir Edmund Hillary.
Before Sir Edmund Hillary was famous he was a Professional bee keeper along side his father in Tūākau dealing with bee hives during the summer months and he served in the Royal New Zealand air force during world war 2, he had also been keen in tramping during high school and he had made his first major climb on mount olivier, he also joined an unsuccessful attempt to climb mount Cho Oyu in 1952 .
While Sir Edmund Hillary was famous he founded the Himalayan Trust in 1960 he also opened a hospital’s, clinic’s, and schools to help the Sherpa people of Nepal. He worked on humanitarian work, public service and expeditions.
While Sir Edmund Hillary was near the end of his life Edmund Hillary did diplomaatic service, he served as a New Zealands high comissioner to india and bangladesh from 1985 to 1989 living in dheli for about four and half years.
He quietly retired in auckland he lived quietly in his home on remuera road and spent time at his holiday house on white beach, but later on he took fall while on a climb in nepal on aprill 2007 and later died of heart attack at aauckland city hospital on janurary 11 2008 at the age 88.