Edmund Hillary

Edmund Hillary

Period: Jul 20, 1919 to Jan 11, 2011

climbed a towering mountain in New Zealand's Southern Alps

Dec 2, 1939

Edmund Hillary has said this was the happiest day iof his life, starting his passion for climbing. Soon after he started to study mountaineering and moved to the South Island's mountains to advance his climbing skills.

World War 2 starts and Edmund joined thre Royal New Zealand Air Force

Dec 2, 1943

Edmund was seriously injured as a navigator on flying boats in the South Pacific. Him and his brother partnered in an apiary and continued on his path of climbing.

Climbed to the top of Mukut Parbat

Jul 11, 1951

23,760- foot summit with much struggles

Edmund joined Shipton's climbing group

Aug 26, 1951

They moved for a bit to the Everest area and spent about 2 months exploring routes up the mountain

The swiss gave them permission to climb Everest

Nov 17, 1951

they could attempt it that spring

joins the British Everest Reconnaissance Expedition that planed to climb Mt Everest

Dec 10, 1951

Leader of the New Zealand Gawhal Expedition in the Himalayas made this idea

Edmund helped Tenzing his climbing partner choose the site for the base camp

May 12, 1953

this was important because they were making the climb up Everest offical

Reached the summit of Mt. Everest

May 29, 1953

At about 9:00 A.M he reached the south summit and fully reached the top at 11:30 A.M

given knighthood

Jul 16, 1953

became Sir Edmund Hillary for his conquest of Mt. Everest

death

Jan 11, 2008