Mount everest

Sir Edmund Hillary

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  • 1919

    1919
    Edmund Hillary was born.

  • 1920

    1920
    He and his family moved to Tuakau.

  • 1935

    1935
    At age 16 he went on a class trip to Mt Ruapehu

  • 1939

    1939
    He climbed his first major climb which was Mt Olliver in Canterbury

  • 1943

    1943
    He joined the air force

  • 1945

    1945
    He was burnt in a boat accident

  • 1948

    1948
    He climbed the south ridge of Mt Cook, Aoraki

  • 1949

    1949
    He went to Switzerland to climb the Swiss Alps

  • 1951

    1951
    He went on a reconnaissance expedition to Mount Everest.

  • 1952

    1952
    He unsuccessfully attempted to climb the sixth highest mountain in the world which is Makalu.

  • 1953

    1953
    He was knighted by Queen Elizbeth the second, he then became Sir Edmund Hillary

  • 1953

    1953
    He married Louise Mary Rose

  • 1953

    1953
    He and Tenzing Norway climbed the summit of Mt Everest.

  • 1954

    1954
    His son Peter Hillary was born.

  • 1955

    1955
    He joined the commonwealth trans-antarctic expedition until 1958.

  • 1955

    1955
    His daughter Sarah Hillary was born.

  • 1959

    1959
    His youngest daughter Belinda Hillary was born

  • 1975

    1975
    His wife and youngest daughter were killed in a plane crash

  • 1977

    1977
    He led a group of explorers to do the track of the Ganges river from the Himalayas to the mouth of the river.

  • 1985

    1985
    He had a flight with Neil Armstrong.

  • 1985

    1985
    He became the NZ High commissioner for India

  • 1990

    1990
    His son Peter Hillary climbed the summit of Mt Everest

  • 1989

    1989
    He re-married to June Mulgrew

  • 1992

    1992
    His face got printed onto the five-dollar note

  • 2008

    2008
    He died due to heart failure.

  • 2010

    2010
    The Hillary trial was opened in Auckland in his honour.