Thread: RIP Sir Edmund Hillary
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Old 13-01-2008, 23:49   #17
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Re: RIP Sir Edmund Hillary
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Originally Posted by TheDaddy View Post
I seem to remember reading that the only picture of them at the summit is of Norgay and it was a good 30 years before it was reveled Hillary was the first to the summit, Hillary was humble, like all good hero's should be.

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Well if thats true, then fair play. But I was always taught that Hillary was the first man. Maybe my teachers of 40 years ago were mis-informed.

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Originally Posted by Incognitas View Post
Well I can't agree as I also regard the man as a hero...as did Hillary himself.

I just don't understand the modern day attitude of dissing every achievement of the British Empire because we have become sooooo PC and anti racist in hindsight.
Why dont you start a thread on "achievements of the british empire"?
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