EDMUND HILLARY
• He was born in Auckland in
• He started climbing when he was at
28 1953
• Hillary and Tenzing reach metres (higher than anyone has ever climbed before).
• At a.m. they set off for the summit.
• At a.m. they reach the summit.
• They spend minutes there.
2 June 1953
• The news arrives in England on the same day as the coronation of Queen .
Later
He was knighted and became Edmund Hillary.
He went on to the North Pole and the South Pole.
He returned to the Himalayas every year and built and hospitals.
11 January
Edmund Hillary dies.
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