[at-l] RIP Sir Edmund Hillary

[Linda Benschop]

Rockdancer,

That must have been a real thrill!  Did you take any pictures?  Sorry 
you cannot make it to the SoRUCK this year.

Hummingbird





Arthur Gaudet wrote:
> Back in the 80's (before 1986, Tenzing was still alive, Hillary was 
> still refusing to answer "who got there first") I had a great night at 
> Tufts University sitting in a small auditorium listening to Hillary 
> give his slideshow talk. Much of it was of the '53 climb, and then 
> later of his work to raise money for hospitals in Nepal. He was 
> friendly, professional, all you would imagine. He even stayed late to 
> sign books and talk with us individually. I was impressed, he was a 
> great man.
>  --RockDancer
>
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