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Obituary: Sir Edmund Hillary, the unassuming beekeeper who conquered Mount Everest (NICK McDERMOTT, DANIEL BATES and BEN CLERKIN, 11th January 2008, Daily Mail)

Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to scale mount Everest, has died in his native New Zealand aged 88.

The unassuming adventurer will be forever remembered as the first man to climb the world's highest mountain, which many had thought impregnable.

More than 30 previous expeditions had failed to conquer Everest's 29,028ft peak, with many lives lost in the attempt.

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