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My most important projects have been the building and maintaining of schools and medical clinics for my dear friends in the Himalaya and helping restore their beautiful monasteries, too.


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Author Bio


  • NameEdmund Hillary
  • DescriptionNew Zealand beekeeper and mountaineer
  • BornJuly 20, 1919
  • DiedJanuary 11, 2008
  • CountryNew Zealand
  • ProfessionExplorer; Philanthropist; Beekeeper; Ambassador; Diplomat; Autobiographer; Mountaineer
  • AwardsKnight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire; Order Of The Garter; Padma Vibhushan; Polar Medal; Order Of Gorkha Dakshina Bahu