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Sir Edmund Hillary

By mia.joseph

  • 1919

    1919
    He was born on July 20 in Auckland, NZ. Before his name was “Sir Edmund Hillary” it was Edmund Percival Hillary. His Father was Percival Augustus Hillary, but he was called Percy. His mother was Gertrude Hillary and her maiden name was Clark.

  • 1920

    1920
    His family moved to Tuakau, a really small town in the south of Auckland. His father was sent to eight acres of land to come back as a soldier of the 15th regiment.

  • 1935

    1935
    When he was 16, Hillary went on a school trip to Mount Ruapehu. That was when he got interested in mountains.

  • 1939

    1939
    When he was 20, he climbed his first major mountain. He reached the peak of Mt Oliver in the Canterbury region. It was 6342 feet which is about 1933 meters.

  • 1944

    1944
    He is enrolled to join the New Zealand Air Force for World War II.

  • 1945

    1945
    He got into a bad accident in Fiji while in the Air Force. He got burnt pretty badly.

  • 1947

    1947
    Sir Edmund Hillary climbs Mt. Cook for the first time.

  • 1949

    1949
    Sir Edmund Hillary traveled to Europe and climbed the Swiss Alps and the Austrian Alps.

  • 1950

    1950
    He was a member of an expedition that went to the Himalayas.

  • 1952

    1952
    He was part of a British team that climbed up the sixth highest mountain in the world called Cho Oyu in Asia. In English it means Turquoise Goddess.

  • 1953

    1953
    Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mt. Everest. He was also knighted by the Queen and became “Sir Edmund Hillary”. That year he also married Louise Rose.

  • 1955

    1955
    His book was published. It was called High Adventure which was a biography.

  • 1958

    1958
    He led a team to the South Pole.

  • 1960

    1960
    Edmund Hillary comes back to the Himalayas to search for a mythical yeti.

  • 1961

    1961
    He tried his very best to climb Mt. Makalu without having any oxygen.

  • 1975

    1975
    His wife and youngest daughter Belinda died in a plane crash near Kathmandu Airport.

  • 1975

    1975
    Hillary took part in an election as part of the citizen of a rowling campaign.

  • 1977

    1977
    A group of explorers follows him to discover the route of the Ganga rivers to the Himalayas.

  • 1985

    1985
    He becomes New Zealand’s High Commissioner to India. He also flew with Neil Armstrong to the North Pole.

  • 1987

    1987
    His sherpa friend Tenzing Norgay died.

  • 1989

    1989
    He marries June Mulgrew

  • 1990

    1990
    His son Peter climbs to the summit of Mt. Everest.

  • 1992

    1992
    Sir Edmund Hillary’s face appears on the New Zealand $5 note.

  • 1995

    1995
    He was chosen to lead an Antarctic group for New Zealand.

  • 2003

    2003
    His statue was placed in Mt. Cook Village in New Zealand in 2003.

  • 2008

    2008
    Sir Edmund Hillary died because of heart problems. He died at the age of 88.

  • 2008

    2008
    Sir Edmund Hillary was farewelled at his State funeral at St Mary's Church in Parnell, Auckland, on 22 January 2008.

  • 2010

    2010
    In the Waitakere Ranges, the Hillary trail was open in Edmund Hillary’s honor.