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Originally Posted by Cobbydaler
This puts his initial achievement in its proper perspective.
Of course, after that he went on to do a lot of good for the Sherpa people with his Himalayan Trust...
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Our window cleaner went to Nepal a couple of years ago & didn't make it to the summit of Everest due to mountain sickness.
His description of that put in very graphic terms what anyone attempting the ascent has to face..
But it was discovering the legacy Sir Edmund left, namely the Himalayan Trust, that most impressed me about his life - a true gent!