A brief moment of remembrance for Sir Edmund Hillary, not only a great adventurer but also by all accounts a man of great modesty, generosity, and conscience. Here are some of the tributes from his fellow Kiwis and others.

Vale!

Thanks for posting that link, KT. Interesting reading. (And boy, do I feel like a dunce! All these years I assumed he was a Brit!! )

Yes, a truly great life not only for his conquest of Everest (with Sherpa Tenzing's help of course) but for what he has since done for the Sherpa's and Nepal.

There was a nice cartoon in the papers here showing him being welcomed at the pearly gates of Heaven by St.Peter saying 'Welcome Back'...