Edmund Hillary

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  • Edmund is born

    Born in Auckland. His father was a journalist who then became a beekeeper, and his mother was a school teacher.

  • Begins school

    He went to primary school in Tuakau, then on to Auckland Grammar. He went on his first trip to the mountains on a school trip to Mt Ruapehu.
  • Edmund climbs Mt Cook as a practice for his planned attempt of Mt Everst

    Edmund climbs Mt Cook as a practice for his planned attempt of Mt Everst