I really had no idea whatsoever. I feel that my life developed as I went along. I was never one of those people who, at an early age, had picked an objective and worked steadily towards it. All I knew was that I wanted to get involved in adventurous activity. I didn’t have any specific type of activity in mind, but I wanted to do things that were exciting and adventurous. I had a fairly diffused feeling as to what precisely it should be.
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Edmund Hillary
Mountaineer and explorer; first ascent of Everest, 1953
New Zealand · 1919–2008
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New Zealand mountaineer who with Tenzing Norgay made the first confirmed ascent of Mount Everest in May 1953, and who later reached the South Pole overland. He founded the Himalayan Trust, which built schools and hospitals in the Everest region.
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