The passing of Sir Edmund Hillary yesterday will be one of those moments in life that we will always remember exactly where we where when we heard about it.
I am in the United States on holiday and I was in the kitchen of my in laws when the news was announced on the ABC.
The news of Sir Ed’s death has been on all American television stations and newspapers.
Sir Ed was figure of international importance and while he liked to describe himself as an ordinary New Zealand bloke he was of course extraordinary – the last great adventurer.
He was the one New Zealander who I most wanted to meet and I had that privilege back in 1990 at the opening of the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame.
[posted originally on Saturday, January 12, 2008]
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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