Sir Edmund Hillary

Wife and younger daughter died in plane crash

Suffered bad burns in a boating accident

On the way to the South Pole they would have run into problems

They had to carry heavy oxygen cylinders and packs

They had to tackle temperatures of 27 degrees

Risk of getting hypothermia

Climbing up vertical walls of ice with heavy packs

Oxygen problems

Getting shot in the R.A.F

Having to build houses and hospitals in such a remote place

There were crevasses hidden under the snow

Having to prepare the funeral for his wife and daughter

He affected the whole world when he reached the summit of Mt Everest.

In New Zealand young people know what he looks like because his face is on the $5 note.

He inspires awe in to other climbers.

He affected the Sherpa people by building the first school and hospitals often by hand

By raising 30'000 dollars for the Sherpa people

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Born 20 August 1919 in Auckland

Loved the outdoors

Had a brother and sister

Mother-school teacher

Father-bee keeper

He was very shy

Attended the primary in Tuakua

Finished primary 2 years early

His childhood memories are mostly happy ones

Attended Auckland Grammer

Had his first experience of mountains

Struggled at High School

He attended University for 2 years

Worked as a beekeeper

Lived in Auckland

He joined the R.A.F and went to Solomon Islands

He was sent back to NZ after a boating accident.

In 1939 he made his first major climb on Mt Olliver

In 1950 he gained experience climbing Swiss & Austrian alps

In 1951 & 1952 he went on expeditions to observe Mt Everest

He climbed Mt Everest in 1953

Married Louise Mary Rose in 1953

Had three kids names were Peter, Sarah and Belinda

Raised $ 30'000 for the Sherpa people.

Built the first school and hospitals in that part of Nepal

in 1958 led an expedition to the South Pole on tractors

In 1975 his wife and younger daughter died

Jet boated the River Ganges

Was made New Zealands High Commissioner to India

In 1989 remarried June Mulgrew

Died January 2008