By Florence Bygraves
Sir Edmund Hillary
Introduction
If you want to find a lot about
Edmund Hillary and his amazing
life (he is a explorer) read on
to find out. Here is a little hint about
his life he is famous for climbing
something!
Early LifeEdmund Hillary was born 0n 20th of July
1919 in Auckland. He went to Auckland
grammar school and then university of
Auckland. He had 3 brothers and sisters
called Peter, Sarah and Belinda and his father
was called Percival Augustus his mother was called Gertrude
Hillary.
teara.govt.nz
First Job
Edmund Hillary’s first job was a beekeeper he also was Nz air force. He started being a beekeeper at 19.
photo from duke.edu
The Ascent of Mount
Everest Hillary first climb was a climb to the top of the biggest mountain in the
world, the mountain I’m
talking about is mount Everest it’s 8,848m high.But he wouldn’t have done it without
the help of Tenzing Norgay,
his guide.
photo of Hillary climbing
photo from awwward.net
Now days heaps of people climb to the top of Mount Everest, since heaps of people do there are special ladders up also there are some ropes. Since the mountain is so high it’s very hard to breath so everyone has to wear a special suit.
Timeline
1919-On the 20 of july in 1919 Edmund Hillary was born to Percival Augustus and Gertrude Hillary in Auckland
1932-Edmund Hillary left home to bee a beekeeper in 1932
1952-Edmund Hillary married Louise Mary Rose in 1952 after that they had some children
1953-He married June
*1949-he reached the summit of Mount Everest
*1955-He moved to Taukau in 1955
1919-He died in 1919
Edmund Hillary needed this oxygen
mask for the trip because he would have died without it. When
he got to about the middle he saw he only had 4 hours of oxygen left so he used is ice
axe to make cut steps straight up.Those steps
are still there now days.
Oxygen Mask
I hope you found out a lot about Edmund
Hillary.By Florence Bygraves