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Article: If Napoleon met Goethe with the words "Voila, un homme," what would he have said about Sir Edmund Hillary?(The Week)(Obituary)(Brief article)
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- February 11, 2008
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If Napoleon met Goethe with the words "Voila, un homme," what would he have said about Sir Edmund Hillary? With a summit of six feet and five inches, the New Zealander looked like a mountain. Along with Tenzing Norgay, his Sherpa climbing partner, he won fame in 1953 for conquering the tallest of them: Mt. Everest, 29,035 feet high and seemingly made to kill. Many had died trying to climb it before him; many would die after. Add to the raw statistics the fact that climbing Himalayan peaks in '50s gear is approximately like performing heart surgery with kitchen utensils, ...
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...AAP General News (Australia) 01-22-2008 PAC: Clark to lead eulogies at Sir Edmund Hillary's funeral =2 Australia will be represented at Sir EDMUND's funeral by Minister of State JOHN FAULKNER .. and the High Commissioner to New ...
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