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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 [...]
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 [...]
