tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17679499.post48291702677668470..comments2024-02-25T10:04:38.599+00:00Comments on Vicious Imagery: Sir Edmund Hillary - a Kiwi legend diesDAVID BISHOPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17342376036664282348noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17679499.post-22988264702252542552008-01-11T16:46:00.000+00:002008-01-11T16:46:00.000+00:00Well said David - an incredible man.adeWell said David - an incredible man.<BR/><BR/>adeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17679499.post-25816967555726094922008-01-11T10:10:00.000+00:002008-01-11T10:10:00.000+00:00Agree completely, this is truly unwelcome news.One...Agree completely, this is truly unwelcome news.<BR/>One thing that always impresses me about Hillary is that he maintained connections with Nepal long after scaling Everest; I was in Nepal a few years ago, and there were a startling number of small mountain villages which had schools or medical centres or other amenities which had been built by Hillary or the charities he'd started, and which he'd often opened or recently visited. <BR/>That in itself would be an impressive legacy, but climbing Everest as well? The hat has to be doffed.<BR/>JJohn Soaneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10412988669030237101noreply@blogger.com