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Many people have been getting too casual about climbing Everest. I forecast a disaster many times.

Edmund Hillary

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Edmund Hillary
Age: 88 †
Born: 1919
Born: July 20
Died: 2008
Died: January 11
Autobiographer
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Diplomat
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Mountaineer
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Tāmaki Makaurau
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
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