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RIP Sir Edmund Hillary

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CrazedSkier1080
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As a climber, skier, and mountaineer I hope everyone can take a second and think of what this guy actually accomplished.

RIP... you'll never be forgotten

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Jan 10 2008 10:16PM
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jimmychung
Posts: 6857 - Karma: 25
sounded like a really modest guy to because a beekeeper in NZ after what he accomplished. RIP.
Jan 10 2008 10:20PM
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BravoWhiskey5280
Posts: 4020 - Karma: 520
RIP to the New Zelander.....
Jan 10 2008 11:34PM
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brokebutitsworthit
Posts: 2279 - Karma: 27
RIP I always respected him for his adventures and this attitude, even though his sherpa was most likely the first guy up. 
Jan 10 2008 11:56PM
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Tolz
Posts: 1882 - Karma: 27
that dude was dope
Jan 10 2008 11:58PM
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toominator
Posts: 4792 - Karma: 120
more like a team effort, neither could climb it by themselves. another summit team from their party had attempted before but had to pull out.

hes had a pretty good innings like 87 or something been down in antartica recently, nepal earlier last year. what a good guy
Jan 10 2008 11:59PM
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BravoWhiskey5280
Posts: 4020 - Karma: 520
has anyone on NS climbed everest before?
Jan 10 2008 11:59PM
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Schoening
Posts: 14332 - Karma: 1,266
this probably sounds like a huge claim....

my dad climbed it in 1996.
Jan 11 2008 12:03AM
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SirFryanator
Posts: 11149 - Karma: 1,415
RIP to one of the people I respect the most. Truly a legend in human history.
Jan 11 2008 12:04AM
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Alex_G
Posts: 11902 - Karma: 1,018
I actually just really started to respect him since I watched Everest: Beyond the Limit.
Jan 11 2008 12:33AM
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Holte
Posts: 10730 - Karma: 7,744
RIP to one of my lifelong heroes.
Jan 11 2008 2:18AM
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skipimp_
Posts: 5700 - Karma: 113
He was no Ernest Shackleton.
Jan 11 2008 2:23AM
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skisebski
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thats sucks big time. RIP edmund.
Jan 11 2008 9:05AM
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freestyler540
Posts: 13045 - Karma: 18,290
we lost one of the greatest

Jan 11 2008 10:46AM
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SirFryanator
Posts: 11149 - Karma: 1,415
Ernest Shackleton was a beast and a man that I aspire to be like in the fact that he had impeccable leadership qualities...but Sir Edmund Hillary slayed terrain that nobody had ever seen before that was possibly as dangerous as the Antarctic. He accomplished it, too.
I respect both equally, but seeing as that I would never want to cross the arctic but I would love to climb Mt. Everest, I can relate to Sir Edmund Hillary a little more.
Jan 11 2008 10:59AM
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skiminnesota
Posts: 9093 - Karma: 429
RIP   


Jan 11 2008 11:07AM
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Whitlock
Posts: 306 - Karma: 10

Ive always wanted to climb Everest. RIP

Jan 11 2008 11:08AM
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BobTreeBark
Posts: 155 - Karma: 20
wasnt 96 the year that all that crazy shit went down
Jan 11 2008 11:13AM
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skipimp_
Posts: 5700 - Karma: 113
Yeah, S.E.H, was a badass too.

E.S is my personal hero.....

its amazing how his men believed in him so strongly
Jan 11 2008 1:23PM
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triebby
Posts: 8670 - Karma: 2,189
he was and always will be the man. bet he's livin it up with doug coombs right now.
Jan 11 2008 1:57PM
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Jodi
Posts: 4215 - Karma: 745
Wow,
I met him at the Banff film festival. Im glad I got the chance.
He sure lived though!
Jan 11 2008 2:02PM
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Hannah.
Posts: 4625 - Karma: 56
completely agree
Jan 12 2008 12:57PM
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almostaskier
Posts: 13809 - Karma: 93
He did so much to help Nepal out, building airstrips, hospitals, schools. A legend.
Jan 12 2008 1:03PM
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skisebski
Posts: 5970 - Karma: 21
this is so true!
Jan 12 2008 1:23PM
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jayamait
Posts: 2567 - Karma: 1,347
rip bro
Jan 12 2008 2:40PM
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brokebutitsworthit
Posts: 2279 - Karma: 27
He stated that getting an honourary Nepalese citizenship was one of the high points of his life, he loved the country and really made a difference there. 
Jan 13 2008 1:40AM
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