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A man who lowered the top of the world died of a heart attack
by Daniela Simkova

A great man and beloved father and husband, Edmund Hillary, died of a heart attack at 88. He will have the state funereal in New Zealand, where he began his mountaineering career. Edmund Hillary, who was the first man at the top of the Mount Everest in 1953, accompanied to his mountain guide Tenzig Norgay, was also a man of a great heart. He described his final steps to the mountain on the top of the world: "Another few weary steps and there was nothing above us but the sky. There was no false cornice, no final pinnacle. We were standing together on the summit. There was enough space for about six people. We had conquered Everest." Hillary was also the initiator of a campaign to found schools and health clinics in Nepal, which was the homeland of Tenzig Norgay. He also demanded an international mountaineers to clean up all the oxygen bottles and food containers in the area of South Col valley, where the attempts to reach the top of the Mount Everest took place. Edmund Hillary's expedition to the top of the Mount Everest was sponsored by British. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that Edmund Hillary "was a truly great hero who captured the imagination of the world, a towering figure who will always be remembered as a pioneer explorer and leader."

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080111/ap_on_re_au_an/obit_edmund_hillary;_ylt=Al1sLBNdxjb438abhaFbkGys0NUE

by Daniela Simkova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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