Edmund Hillary was born on 20th July 1919 in Auckland. He had a brother and his name was Rex Hillary and he had a sister named June Hillary. He attended Tuakau Primary School and then Auckland Grammar. Edmund Hillary was an influential New Zealander because him climbing Mt Everest. He has won an award from the government in India that is called Padma Bhushan. Edmund Hillary was 6 feet and 5 inches tall. He was a navigator for the New Zealand royal air force in world war two. He climbed Mt Everest that is 29,029 feet tall. In 1958 Hillary took an expedition to the south pole.
Hillary devoted himself to assisting the Sherpa people of Nepal through the Himalayan Trust, which he established. His efforts are credited with the construction of many schools and hospitals in Nepal. Hillary had numerous honors spook upon him, including the order of garter in 1995. Upon his death in 2008, he was given a state funeral in New Zealand. Hillary became interested in mountaineering while in secondary school.
He made his first major climb in 1939, reaching the summit of Mount Ollivier that is 1,933. The Hillary family has had a connection with the west coast of Auckland since 1925 when Louise's father built a beach at Anawhata. Edmund Hillary was only 33 years old when he climbed Mount Everest.
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