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Legendary Figure Edmund Hillary passes away
Issue 02, January 13, 2008
Sir Edmund Hillary with Tenzing Norgay scaled the Mount Everest on May 29, 1953 for the first time in the human history. He passed away at 9 am Friday at Auckland Hospital, New Zealand. He was 88.
Sir Edmund Hillary had done a lot for the welfare of the Nepalese Sherpas living in the eastern Nepal. He opened schools for them and set up a hospital in Solukhumbhu area. All Nepalis mourn the death of the legendary adventurer and lover of Nepal.
