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...sherpa that accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary on the first ascent of Mt. Everest...
Twenty years ago, when the British made the extraordinary first conquest of Mount Everest, it seemed like one of the last great adventures left...
...helicopters, to put eight men at the top. "A very competent military operation which had nothing to do with mountaineering," huffed Sir Edmund Hillary, who with Tenzing Norgay had raised the British flag on the summit. Hillary, who devotes himself to building schools for Nepali Sherpa children in the Everest region, said he hoped the crest would be left to small parties of climbers. "It's now reached the height of the ridiculous...
...Guinier is doing very well for a man out of his element. I feel great empathy for him." Kilson said. "It's like taking a fish out of the water and putting him on Mt. Everest. He belongs at Harvard about as much as I belong on the moon...
...million bond issue, promptly bought by a brokerage syndicate, will pay for the Broadway and Everest Street Garages, the Science Center's cooling system, and the renovation of the old Continental Hotel at 29 Garden Street...