Comments on: Sir Edmund Hillary (1919 â€“ 2008)

By: jeh

jeh — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:04:32 +0000

chachaji please shut up!!!!!!!! u r reely buging me ……….. anyways……… thanks for the info about the flags, Kush i needed it 4 a school project….

Jeh

By: lesley

lesley — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:44:56 +0000

could you add some information about the flags on top of Mount Everest?

By: tyla

tyla — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:22:05 +0000

so when exactly did Sir Edmund Hillary die

By: Jangali Jaanwar

Jangali Jaanwar — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:51:43 +0000

CNN has a good article on the funeral and the respect paid by the Nepalese sherpas.

By: khoofia

khoofia — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:41:28 +0000

i swear. it's like sitting down with a cup of chai with one's best buddies.

more excerpts to continue from #63...

"and the pleasre. go knows there are crappy moments out there - the sconstipation and frozen appendages and the utter slobbering rage a simple stuc zipper can produce. but theyu're nothing compared to the electric smell of air... or making turns through six feet of new snow... or most specially, the freedom of the hills".

"hillary's team went to everest because climbing was how they filled their spare time. Everest was just another climb on the way. ... they enjoy the whole process. And if they happen to reach the summit, well, that's a bonus".

hear the drums, guys.

here's one final stirring piece.

"up there, life is, to use a phrase physicists love, elegant. Clean and pure in a way life down low, with all its snares and hooks, can never be".

By: Khoofia, coincidentally drinking chai again

Khoofia, coincidentally drinking chai again — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:00:02 +0000

Those of you still interestin this topic might enjoy this wonderful conversation among three mountaineers on 'The Hillary imperative - or why we climb'. Unfortunately I cant locate the veb story, but if you blow it up large enough you can see the text for the first part. Interestingly the pic caption speaks of Sardar Tenzing Norgay, a solid honorific if there ever was one. Some excerpts

"The great thing about exploration - the wondering what lies round the next corner.: pure topgraphical exploration (Is there a way through that icefall?) and personal exploration (I wonder how I will cope)."

"Pleasure when purely passive becomes insipid".

By: SP

SP — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:08:44 +0000

Beautiful post, Anna. Thank you for creating it.

By: SM Intern

SM Intern — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:16:01 +0000

Please do not post unsubstantiated rumors. If you have a source which confirms “what you heard”, that would be appreciated.

By: SM Intern

SM Intern — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:57:17 +0000

59 Â· brownDesi said

Not to sound offensive. I think there must be Indian or Nepali sherpa people before Ed Hillary to conquer Mt. Everest. Nothing concrete to prove my theory except some desi belief

Whenever a comment is prefaced by "not to sound offensive", it usually is. If you had bothered reading the thread before letting that chip on your shoulder take over, you would have read comment 55 which explains why you are probably wrong. If you are not wrong, providing proof beyond "some desi belief" within would be preferable. Nothing concrete, indeed.

#58: I think you are misinterpreting Chachaji's remarks, but don't let that stop you from making generalizations about a billion people before gently flaming him, and thus violating our comment policy.

Does everyone have an ax to grind tonight? This thread is filed under "In Memoriam". Type accordingly, if you revere the man as much as you claim.

By: brownDesi

brownDesi — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:16:56 +0000

One of the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest is dead at 88. On May 29, 1953 Sir Edmund Percival Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay made history..........

Not to sound offensive. I think there must be Indian or Nepali sherpa people before Ed Hillary to conquer Mt. Everest. Nothing concrete to prove my theory except some desi belief