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On the summit of Everest, I had a feeling of great satisfaction to be first there.
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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Tāmaki Makaurau
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
Sir Edmund Hillary
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It's all bullshit on Everest these days.
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