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Sir Edmund Hillary

20th July 1919

Edmund Hillary is born in Auckland.

1919

1919

1949

Hillary goes to Switzerland to climb the Swiss alps.

1949

1935

At the age of 16 he goes on a school trip to Mount Ruapehu, showing his love in climbing.

1935

1939

20 year old Edmund Hillary climbs his first major mountain. Mount Ollivier

1939

1943-1945

Edmund fights in WW2 as a Catalina flying boat navigator.

1943-1945

1945

Edmund Hillary gets burns after a boat accident.

1945

1953 May 29th

Edmund and Tenzing make history becoming the first people to scale the mammoth 8 km tall Mount Everest.

1953

1953

Hillary gets married to Louise Mary Rose.

1953

1953

Edmund Hillary gets knighted becoming Sir Edmund Hillary

1953

1955

Edmund publishes a book about his adventures.

1955

1957

Edmund Hillary helps establish the scott base in Antarctica.

1957

1958

Edmund is the first person to reach both south and north pole.

1958

1961

Edmund goes back to the himalayas to find the yeti and to build thing in nepal.

1961

1975

1975 Hillary's wife and daughter die in a plane crash.

1975

1985

Hillary became the New Zealand High Commissioner to India.

1985

1986

Climbing partner Tenzing Norgay dies.

1986

1990

Sir Edmund Hillarys son Peter climbs Mount Everest.

1990

1989

Hillary married June Mulgrew.

1989

1992

Hillary gets added to the New Zealand 5 dollar note.

1992

2007

Edmund Hillary returns back to Antartica.

2007

2008

Final after all his adventurers Sir Edmund Hillary passes away in Auckland Hospital due to a heart attack. Age 88.

2008

2008

Also Hillarys wife dies the same year.

2008

2010

They make a walk in Auckland in honor of Sir Edmund Hillary.

2010

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