# Because it was there - Edmund Hillary Dead

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**Created:** [January 10, 2008, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-it-was-there-edmund-hillary-dead/433050 "2008-01-10T23:32:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-it-was-there-edmund-hillary-dead/433050/21 "2008-01-11T18:58:40Z")

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I’ve always been fascinated by those who have pushed the edge with exploration. It’s probably because of where I grew up and now live. Books by Bernard Hubbard, S.J. about exploration in Alaska, books by and about Shackleton, books like _Blue Nile_ and _White Nile_: these have always been fodder for the imagination. The exploits of Sir Edmund Hillary took place in my lifetime, making them all the more thrilling. He was a class act.

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