29 May 08 Hilary
No, NOT her.
The more famous one. Sir Edmund Hilary, born in 1919, who started out as a beekeeper, and who, on this day in 1953, was the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest in the Himalayas.
He had already climbed 20 of the highest peaks in the region before tackling Mount Everest, along with Sherpa Tensing.
After Everest, Hilary went on to Antarctic Expeditions in the last 1950′s, and then he become involved with the welfare of the Nepalese people, and spent much time there, in later life.
He died in January 2008, at home in his native New Zealand, at the age of 88.
Tags: beekeeper, expeditions, first man, himalayas, mount everest, nepalese, sherpa tensing, sir edmund, summit, welfare
10 Jan 08 Bailong Elevator, China
Talk about daunting.
This controversial 326 metre high elevator takes you up the side of one of the many enormous cliffs in zhangjiajie, China – the lower 1/3 running from a cavern through the rock, the top 2/3 
rising outside to the summit – and is the highest and heaviest outdoor elevator in the world.
The elevator has an uncertain future due to the potential harm caused to the surrounding landscape
Tags: landscape, outdoor elevator, summit, uncertain future, zhangjiajie china
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