Obituary: Sir Edmund Hillary
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BBC (11 Jan 08) - Sir Edmund Hillary, who has died at the age of 88, made it to the summit of Everest in 1953, and became the first man on the planet to reach its highest point.
The climber was 33 years old when he and Tenzing Norgay become the first men to climb the 8,850m (29,035ft) peak, just days before the monarch's coronation.
Returning to Everest's South Col camp, Sir Edmund famously greeted another member of the British expedition group with the words: "Well, George, we've knocked the bastard off."
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"I've had a full and rewarding life. Life's a bit like mountaineering - never look down."
Sir Edmund Hillary (1919 - 2008)