Exporer Sir Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Hillary He was born on July 20, 1919 and died on January 11, 2008, who was a mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist. His favorite city was Aukland, where he was born. Hillary became interested in being an explorer when, at the age of 16, he went on a school expedition to climb Ruapehu and made the first important ascent of him in 1939, reaching the top of Mount Olliver. The most popular mission was the trip to Mount Everest, it consisted of four hundred people and included 362 porters, twenty Sherpas and 4.5 tons of luggage. They created a base camp in March 1953 and a few weeks later they set up their final camp at 7,890 m. On May 26, Tom Bourdillon and Charles Evans tried to crown, but had to give up just 91m from the top because might have Evans oxygen system failed. For this reason, they selected Hillary and Tenzing to make a second attempt. He says that in his attempt to reach the top must have was the most difficult thing he has ever done in his life but...