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birth
he was born in Tuakau,Newzeland -
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edmund hillary
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a serious accident
he was sent to Fiji and the Solomon Islands, where in an accident suffered serious burns, after which he was repatriated to New Zealand. -
first expedition to Everest
He was part of an expedition to Everest that was a failure -
first ascent to Everest
he made the first successful ascent to Everest -
ascent Himalaya
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reached the South Pole
Trans Antarctic Expedition of the Commonwealth, being the third expedition to reach the Pole overland in 1911 after Roald Amundsen and Robert Scott in 1912 and the first to achieve this using vehicles. -
ascent Himalaya
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ascent Himalaya
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ascent Himalaya
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ascent Himalaya
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his wife and daughter died in Kathmandu
they died in a plane crash -
marries for second time
He remarried in June Mulgrew, the widow of a friend -
death
he died in Auckland,Aged 88 of a heart attack -
airport
In 2008 Lukla Airport near Everest was renamed Tenzing Hillary
