Edmund Hillary, First on Everest, Dies at 88

The New York Times ^ | January 10, 2008 | Robert D. McFadden

[Inyo-Mono]

Sir Edmund Hillary, the lanky New Zealand mountaineer and explorer who with Tenzing Norgay, his Sherpa guide, won worldwide acclaim in 1953 by becoming the first to scale the 29,035-foot summit of Mount Everest, the world’s tallest peak, has died, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark announced Friday in Wellington.

He was 88.

[Inyo-Mono]

Hillary Clinton claimed she was named for him, yet she was born several years before his famous climb in 1953

[WorkingClassFilth]

A fellow beekeeper offers his condolences. Sir Hillary was a hero from another age.

[knarf]

Perhaps, from the beginning, she was baby IT, until a suitable name could be found.

[mort56]

Let us see how long it takes the PIAPS to even acknowledge his death. My guess...three maybe four days. Then again, maybe never.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Remarkable man.

[gathersnomoss]

And the lies just keep on comin’.

[webschooner]

Hillary Clinton claimed she was named for him, yet she was born several years before his famous climb in 1953

Correct. Another of so many pages in the Klintoon's "Lying History"

[VOA]

Time for a give some due to Hillary’s climbing partner:

Tenzing Norgay
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenzing_Norgay

I’m no climber but after watching the Everest-climbing show on
Discovery Channel for the past two seasons...the sherpas make Everest
possible for a lot of folks.

[UglyinLA]

Is it Hilary or Hillary ?? Me thinks Hilary.

[Inyo-Mono]

It is Hilary, but she said she was named after Sir Hillary.

[Miss Behave]

Unbelievable that the NY Times would just *now* report on this, seeing as many of us here shouted it from the rooftops YEARS ago.

And hey--how are the Klintoons doing with that "Chelsea-naming" story that they so LOVE to tell? Hey HillBilly--are you good with that? You wanna stick with that? You sure? You're good? Yeah? OK?

Joni Mitchell and this thing called the "timeline" know differently, I'd say.