Courtesy HT - 12th Jan'08 - Delhi Edtn
I first came to know about him when I was in class 2nd and we were asked to learn by heart, a list of "World's firsts"; the first man to conquer the highest peak on earth, Mt Everest - Sir Edmund Hillary of NewZealand. It was just a name then. But later when I read about him, I was able to put a man behind that name. A man who relentlessly followed his passion till the time he died. A man who left an indelible footprint on the highest point on this earth. A man who will always be remembered through textbooks, record-books and through stories of courage and a rock-hard will.
"We knocked that bastard off", were his words when he scaled the Mt Everest in May 1953. I pay my tribute to the legend. Few people have the courage to follow their dreams, and those who do are remembered by millions, even long after they are gone.
"We knocked that bastard off", were his words when he scaled the Mt Everest in May 1953. I pay my tribute to the legend. Few people have the courage to follow their dreams, and those who do are remembered by millions, even long after they are gone.
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