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Edmund Hillary, first atop Everest, dies
AP on Yahoo ^ | 1/10/08 | Ray Lilley - ap

Posted on 01/10/2008 3:09:14 PM PST by NormsRevenge

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1 posted on 01/10/2008 3:09:15 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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**FILE PHOTO** Sardar Tensing Norkey (right) of Nepal and Edmund P. Hillary of New Zealand are shown here in the kit they wore when conquering Mount Everest, world's highest peak, on May 29, at the British Embassy in Khatmandu, capital of Nepal, June 26, 1953. (AP Photo)


2 posted on 01/10/2008 3:09:54 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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Hillary Clinton is deeply saddened that her namesake has passed on.


3 posted on 01/10/2008 3:10:20 PM PST by CholeraJoe ("At last my arm is complete!" Sweeney Todd)
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To: NormsRevenge

The man Hillary is named after?


4 posted on 01/10/2008 3:10:27 PM PST by Born Conservative (Chronic Positivity - http://jsher.livejournal.com/)
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To: NormsRevenge

Hillary Clinton’s namesake, if I recall the lie.


5 posted on 01/10/2008 3:10:38 PM PST by pissant (Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)
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To: NormsRevenge

Now there’s a Hillary I could have voted for.


6 posted on 01/10/2008 3:10:56 PM PST by CaptainMorgantown
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Hillary Clinton will attend his funeral..

Seven years from now.


7 posted on 01/10/2008 3:11:03 PM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: NormsRevenge

What a heroic, unassuming man. The world just got a little poorer for his passing.

Salute, Sir Ed.


8 posted on 01/10/2008 3:11:10 PM PST by Old Sarge (This tagline in memory of FReeper 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub)
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To: NormsRevenge

Its a bloody shame, wrong Hillary.


9 posted on 01/10/2008 3:11:14 PM PST by Eye of Unk
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Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Mount Everest, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Kathmandu in this April 15, 2007 file photo. Hillary, who along with Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first to conquer Mount Everest, has died, New Zealand's Prime Minister Helen Clark said on January 11, 2008. REUTERS/Deepa Shrestha (NEPAL)


10 posted on 01/10/2008 3:11:22 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: Born Conservative

Correct, he was named after Hillary.


11 posted on 01/10/2008 3:12:01 PM PST by Broker (Grandpa Petti Bones wants to know.)
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To: Born Conservative

Yes, she was named after him minus one “l” and 6 years before he climbed Everest.


12 posted on 01/10/2008 3:12:07 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Hunter 2008)
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Don’t you know she’s PO’d that he waited until AFTER the NH primary to die. No PR mileage from this.


13 posted on 01/10/2008 3:12:31 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat
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To: NormsRevenge

Not to mention he was the namesake of our next President.


14 posted on 01/10/2008 3:12:42 PM PST by diogenes ghost
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To: D-fendr

Hillary Clinton will attend his funeral..Seven years from now.
Hillarious!!!!!!!


15 posted on 01/10/2008 3:13:08 PM PST by aroostook war
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To: Larry Lucido

Correction, same number of l’s.


16 posted on 01/10/2008 3:13:25 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Hunter 2008)
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To: NormsRevenge

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE.

He’s still dead.


17 posted on 01/10/2008 3:13:46 PM PST by toddlintown (Five bullets and Lennon goes down. Yet not one hit Yoko. Discuss..)
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To: NormsRevenge

Rest In Peace, Sir Ed.


18 posted on 01/10/2008 3:15:26 PM PST by Gabz (Don't tell my mom I'm a lobbyist, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
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To: NormsRevenge

Didn’t Miss Hillary invent mountain climbing?


19 posted on 01/10/2008 3:15:47 PM PST by Always Right
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“Don’t you know she’s PO’d that he waited until AFTER the NH primary to die. No PR mileage from this.”

You got that right. I wonder how she’ll work his passing into her campaign?


20 posted on 01/10/2008 3:15:58 PM PST by cweese (Hook 'em Horns!!!)
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