Sunday, January 13, 2008

The Beekeeper Who Stood on the World

On 29th May 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reach the peak of Mount Everest putting their names in a chapter of the history book as the first people to reach the world's highest peak

On 11th January 2008, Sir Edmund Hillary who is the icon of Mount Everest passed away.
The world moans for the loss of Sir Edmund Hillary however the legend of the Beekeeper, Mountaineer, World explorer... Hero, will forever be remembered and will continue to be an inspiration for many generations to come.

4 comments:

Linus Linnaeus said...

wei labah labah...

froggy mourns with you

Anonymous said...

hmm... froggy and labah-labahs eat flies and insects. *random thoughts*

This is the guy they wrote about in the papers right? The one who was always humble about his achievements. The world needs more people like him.

Anonymous said...

Aww, to bad he didn't do winter summits :P

The Poles are kings for winter summits. Crazy extremists.

note: winter expedition != winter summit

HuonHengChai said...

linus: Bila mau pergi Everest?

heidi: Yea, he's the one. He even create oppertunity for the sherpa by building school and others facilities

henry: We do kinabalu first, ok?