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Story: Hillary, Edmund Percival

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Hillary and Tenzing on Everest

Hillary and Tenzing on Everest

Tūākau toddler

Tūākau toddler

Edmund and Rex Hillary, 1938

Edmund and Rex Hillary, 1938

Edmund, Rex and June Hillary, 1946

Edmund, Rex and June Hillary, 1946

Hillary with Herbert Sutcliffe, 1940

Hillary with Herbert Sutcliffe, 1940

Air Force trainee, 1944

Air Force trainee, 1944

In the Solomon Islands, 1945

In the Solomon Islands, 1945

Hillary and Ayres on Aoraki/Mt Cook, 1947

Hillary and Ayres on Aoraki/Mt Cook, 1947

Ridge climbing

Ridge climbing

At camp during Garhwal expedition, 1951

At camp during Garhwal expedition, 1951

Lowe cutting Hillary's hair

Lowe cutting Hillary's hair

Cho Oyu expedition team, 1952

Cho Oyu expedition team, 1952

Weighing Eric Shipton

Weighing Eric Shipton

Hillary in 1953

Hillary in 1953

Portrait of a mountaineer

Portrait of a mountaineer

Ed Hillary, 1953

Ed Hillary, 1953

Final ascent of Everest

Final ascent of Everest

Success on Everest

Success on Everest

Returning to New Zealand

Returning to New Zealand

Hillary and Lowe at Government House

Hillary and Lowe at Government House

Wedding day

Wedding day

Barun expedition: a campsite

Barun expedition: a campsite

Barun expedition: typing despatches

Barun expedition: typing despatches

Barun expedition: at base camp

Barun expedition: at base camp

Barun expedition: stretchered out

Barun expedition: stretchered out

High adventure

High adventure

Hillary and his family

Hillary and his family

Farewell to the Antarctic contingent, 1956

Farewell to the Antarctic contingent, 1956

With tractors at the South Pole

With tractors at the South Pole

Converging at the Pole

Converging at the Pole

Hillary and Fuchs, 1958

Hillary and Fuchs, 1958

Yeti expedition

Yeti expedition

Humanitarian work

Humanitarian work

Tenzing Norgay and Ed Hillary, 1971

Tenzing Norgay and Ed Hillary, 1971

Hillary with June Mulgrew in Nepal

Hillary with June Mulgrew in Nepal

Edmund Hillary, 1998

Edmund Hillary, 1998

Hillary on David Sharp's death

Hillary on David Sharp's death

Expedition photographer

Expedition photographer

Statue at Aoraki/Mt Cook

Statue at Aoraki/Mt Cook

$5 note

$5 note

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