Sir Edmund Hillary

1919-2008

Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Mt Everest, died in Auckland on Friday 11 January aged 88.

News media from all around the world are reporting on this historical occasion.

Read a tribute from Helen Clark, Prime Minister (Beehive.govt.nz)

About Sir Edmund Hillary

Academy of Achievement
Britannica Online
Timeline of Sir Edmund Hillary's life (TVNZ)
Wikipedia
Sir Edmund Hillary's Himilayan Trust UK

Read the news

• Current news stories from around the world  
• BBC stories on Sir Edmund Hillary (BBC)
• Hillary: beekeeper who stood on top of the world (The Melbourne Age)
• Edmund Hillary dies ( Sydney Morning Herald)

New Zealand Herald

• Helen Clark pays tribute to Hillary
• Dingle mourns loss of lifetime friend
• Sir Edmund Hillary's life
• New Zealand mourn's Sir Ed
• Related links
• Photo gallery
• Obituary

Stuff

• Remembering Sir Ed
• Multimedia gallery
• Tributes

TVNZ

• News coverage
• Timeline
• Tributes

Other New Zealand news sources

• Radio New Zealand
• Newstalk ZB

About Hillary conquering Mt Everest

• 1953: Hillary and Tenzing conquer Everest (BBC)
• Everest, 50 years and counting (National Geographic)
• Sir Edmund Hillary : A visit with the world's greatest living adventurer (Time Magazine)
• Sir Edmund Hillary : King of the world (NZ Edge)
• My story : Edmund Hillary and Mt Everest (Scholastic - resource for teachers and students)

Books and other resources

These books are all available in the Palmerston North City Library - click on the title to see if it's available:

Books written about Sir Edmund Hillary

• Edmund Hillary : the life of a legend / Pat Booth
• I wish I'd stood on Everest with Hillary and Norgay / written by Leonie Young
• Sir Edmund Hillary : a pictorial celebration/ byJenny Hellen
  
• Edmund Hillary / Kevin Boon
• Sir Edmund Hillary & the people of Everest / by Cynthia Ramsay
  
• Sir Edmund Hillary, modern day explorer / by Kristine Brennan
  
• Sir Edmund Hillary : an extraordinary life : the authorised, illustrated biography / written by Alexa Johnston
  

Books written by Sir Edmund Hillary

• High adventure
• Ascent : two lives explored : the autobiographies of Sir Edmund and Peter Hillary
• The view from the summit
• The crossing of Antarctica : the Commonwealth Trans-antarctic Expedition, 1955-58
• Schoolhouse in the clouds
• No latitude for error
• Nothing venture, nothing win

Other items to borrow from the City Library

• Sir Edmund Hillary : beyond Everest [videorecording (DVD)] / written, produced and directed by Michael Dillon
• A View from the top : Hillary : the extraordinary life of a Kiwi adventurer [videorecording]
• Surviving Everest : 50 years on the mountain [videorecording (DVD)] / narrated by Peter Coyote ; produced, written and directed by Liesl Clark

Electronic Resources

• New Zealand online databases and websites
• Biographies
• Current Affairs