Kia Ora, I have done a report on Sir Edmund Hillary and
I have been written about when Sir Edmund Hillary has climbed to the top of Mt Everest... Feel free to visit my class blog at: http://edhillkara.blogspot.co.nz/.... Hope you enjoy and Thank you.
Sir Edmund Hillary Born : July 20th 1919, Auckland Died : January 11th 2008, Auckland Occupation : Explorer, Mountain climber and Bee keeper. Best known for : First person to climb Mount Everest. Biography : Sir Edmund Hillary(1919-2008)was an explorer and mountain climber.Together with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay,he was the first to climb to the summit of Mount Everest,the tallest mountain in the world. When He Climbed Mt Everest: Sir Edmund Hillary climbed Mt Everest when he was 33 years old in 1953. The Everest Expedition: In 1953 the British had received approval to make an attempt at scaling Mount Everest.The government of Nepal would only allow one expedition a year, so this was a big deal. The leader of the expedition, John hunt asked Hillary to join in the climb.
