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I still had the same affection for New Zealand as I've always had. Didn't change at all.

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Edmund Hillary
Age: 88 †
Born: 1919
Born: July 20
Died: 2008
Died: January 11
Autobiographer
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Mountaineer
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Tāmaki Makaurau
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
Sir Edmund Hillary
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I was a dreamer when I was at high school and even primary school. I used to dream about doing adventurous things.
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