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RIP Sir Edmund Hillary

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Left_Coast, Jan 10, 2008.

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  1. Left_Coast

    Left_Coast Active Member

    AP News Alert just moved.

    BC-APNewsAlert,0027WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Prime Minister Helen Clark says
    Mount Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary has died.
     
    Left_Coast, Jan 10, 2008
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  2. sportschick

    sportschick Active Member

    I thought he'd been dead for years.

    RIP to a great explorer.
     
    sportschick, Jan 10, 2008
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  3. friend of a friend

    friend of a friend Guest

    Like SC, I had no idea he was alive.

    I guess heaven needed help getting to the summit, or something.
     
    friend of a friend, Jan 10, 2008
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  4. Left_Coast

    Left_Coast Active Member

    He was 88.
     
    Left_Coast, Jan 10, 2008
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  5. Oggiedoggie

    Oggiedoggie Well-Known Member

    Heaven needed someone to order the Sherpas around.
     
    Oggiedoggie, Jan 10, 2008
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  6. Birdscribe

    Birdscribe Active Member

    You're thinking Tenzing Norgay, the Sherpa who helped Hillary reach the summit of Everest. He died about 20 years ago.

    RIP to someone who -- along with Chuck Yeager, the Mercury astronauts and the Apollo crews -- were among the 20th century's greatest envelope-pushers.
     
    Birdscribe, Jan 10, 2008
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  7. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    I hope the AP alert wasn't slugged "Obit-Hillary."
     
    Football_Bat, Jan 10, 2008
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  8. Duane Postum

    Duane Postum Member

    Man, was he keeping a low profile.
     
    Duane Postum, Jan 10, 2008
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  9. Fenian_Bastard

    Fenian_Bastard Guest

    RIP to the only person from whom I ever asked for an autograph. I have it on an index card. One day, I hope to have Neil Armstrong's underneath it.
     
    Fenian_Bastard, Jan 10, 2008
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  10. Italian_Stallion

    Italian_Stallion Active Member

    I was pretty sure you said last fall that you had Hillary's signature. Pretty cool deal. I read Into Thin Air just last month.
     
    Italian_Stallion, Jan 10, 2008
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  11. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    We don;t have that kind of luck...

    I thought Edmund had been dead for years...
     
    slappy4428, Jan 10, 2008
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  12. JR

    JR Well-Known Member

    I have one autograph: Rocket Richard.

    Wanna trade?

    RIP Sir Edmund.
     
    JR, Jan 10, 2008
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