[at-l] RIP Sir Edmund Hillary

[David Addleton]

he was a good and honorable man

On Jan 12, 2008 12:41 PM, Arthur Gaudet <rockdancer97 at comcast.net> 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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> *From:* at-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:at-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
> *On Behalf Of *David Addleton
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:31 PM
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> *Subject:* [at-l] RIP Sir Edmund Hillary
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/01/10/edmund.hillary.ap/index.html
>
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