Edmund Hillary
Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary KG, ONZ, KBEwas a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt. Hillary was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionExplorer
Date of Birth20 July 1919
strong adventure desire
I had a very strong desire to carry out adventures, but in those early days I didn't actually do any. I just dreamt about it.
beach morning lovely
Waihi Beach. It's a lovely beach, and we're right on the shore and I get a lot of pleasure out of waking up in the morning and hearing the waves roll in.
motivational mountain conquer
I will come again & conquer you because as a mountain you can't grow, but as a human, I can
inspirational motivational graduation
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
inspirational leadership extraordinary-person
People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.
practice focus
With practice and focus, you can extend yourself far more than you ever believed possible.
motivational growing next
Mount Everest, you beat me the first time, but I'll beat you the next time because you've grown all you are going to grow... but I'm still growing!
strong motivation important
Strong motivation is the most important factor in getting you to the top
inspirational life motivational
You don't have to be a hero to accomplish great things---to compete. You can just be an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.
motivation important factors
Motivation is the single most important factor in any sort of success.
looks mountaineering bits
Life's a bit like mountaineering - never look down.
mountain important life-is
Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain.
dream adventure past
The explorers of the past were great men and we should honour them. But let us not forget that their spirit lives on. It is still not hard to find a man who will adventure for the sake of a dream or one who will search, for the pleasure of searching, not for what he may find.
hero men names
Geography was not furthered by the achievement, scientific progress was scarcely hastened, and nothing new was discovered. Yet the names of Hillary and Tenzing went instantly into all languages as the names of heroes, partly because they really were men of heroic mold but chiefly because they represented so compellingly the spirit of their time.