Keith Holyoake, as quoted in Edmund Hillary - A Biography, by Michael Gill
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Hillary has climbed to the top of the world. He has put the British race and New Zealand on top of the world.
— Keith Holyoake
What It Means
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Source: Wikiquote: "Edmund Hillary" (Quotes about Hillary)
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About Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.
About Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.
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