He’d be more likely remembered if he had a scrotum bolt installed. Now that’d be a true first. And who cares about Everest? After Hillary and Norgay no one else really matters.
Did you know that Hilary Clinton was named after Sir Edmund ?
It is a label. The guy would have returned....had an over-sized photo in his office showing his climb...bragging to each and every individual that he had done Everest. It would have been just as impressive to have said you walked the entire Lewis & Clark route or walked the entire border of Tennessee...and been 100 times safer. If you ask me...a wasted life experience at the end.