Edmund Hillarys biggest achievment in his life was to be the first person along with Tenzing Norgay to reach the summit of Mount Everest at 11.30am on the the 29th May 1953 with the British Mount Everest Expedition.
He also reached the South Pole as part of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, for which he led the New Zealand section, on 4 January 1958. His party was the first to reach the Pole overland since Amundsen in 1911 and Scott in 1912, and the first ever to do so using motor vehicles.
Edmund Hillary's birth name is Edmund Percival Hillary.
Probably the biggest risk was in climbing to the summit of Mount Everest.
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Percival Hillary was Edmund Hillary's father.
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Edmund Hillary was from Auckland in New Zealand.
The country Edmund Hillary was from is New Zealand.
Edmund's parents were Percival Augustus Hillary and Gertrude Hillary, née Clark.
Edmund Hillary was raised by his parents Percival Augustus Hillary and Gertrude Hillary, née Clark.
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Edmund hillary died in 2008 of heart falire
Edmund Hillary was born in Auckland, New Zealand