A TRIBUTE TO SIR EDMUND PERCIVAL HILLARY - JULY 1919 TO JANUARY 2008 .... A SELECTION OF PICTURES TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF A REMARKABLE HUMBLE MAN.

"ITS NOT THE MOUNTAIN WE CONQUER, BUT OURSELVES"

"Nepalese did not ask for poverty while New Zealanders lived in affluence. The fact that we do is a blessing and with it comes responsibility"

"I thought.. well Ed me boy we've done it!"

"You don't have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things - to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap sufficiently motivated." 

   "We knocked the bastard off!!"

To a colossus we thank you for gracing this world. Rest in peace Sir Ed