Sir Edmund Hillary

For Milind's last home learning challenge he gave a presentation of Sir Edmund Hillary's life.


He included these facts and more!

Sir Edmund Hillary

·      Sir Edmund Hillary was an explorer and mountain climber

·      He was the first to climb Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay

Childhood

·      Sir Ed was born in Auckland on 20th July 1919

·      He started climbing when he was 16 years old

·      He climbed his first large mountain when he was 20 and continued exploring and climbing mountains

The Everest Expedition

·      400 people were in the group to climb Mt Everest

Climbing Everest

·      To climb the mountain, they did it in stages 

·      It helped them to get use to the height and air

·      But at each stage, not every one carried on

Hillary’s Step

·      On 29 May 1953 Sir Ed and Tenzing got their chance to climb to the top of the mountain

·      But the biggest problem they had was a huge rock wall

·      They needed to climb the rock wall to get to the top

·      The rock wall is now named Hillary’s Step

The Top of the Mountain

·      Sir Ed and Tenzing made it to the top of the mountain

·      But they could only stay for a few minutes because the air is thin

·      The thin air makes it hard to breathe

After Everest

·      After climbing Mt Everest Sir Ed went to the South Pole in 1958

·      They were the third group to go to the South Pole

·      But they were the first one’s to use motor vehicles to do it

New Zealand Air Force

·      Sir Ed was also a navigator with the New Zealand Royal Air Force during World War 2

Knighted by Queen Elizabeth

·      The Queen made him a knight

·      That is why we call him Sir

Sir Edmund’s Books

·      Sir Ed wrote books about his adventures

High Adventure

No Latitude for Error

The Crossing of Antarctica

New Zealand $5 note

·      Sir Ed Hillary is on New Zealand’s five dollar note