> Sorry to hear about Sir Edmund Hillary

pssssst, 'ere a minute

I'm English. I was rooting for Mallory in '24

But Sir Ed always maintained that, whether or not Mallory got
to the top 29 years before, a successful climb includes a safe
return

On the radio yesterday someone suggested Richard Pearce as
another ground-breaking New Zealander. It's claimed he flew
before the Wright Brothers. Which may be true, but it wasn't
exactly controlled flight. More, er, ground-breaking

I think it's reasonable to expect the job to be completed to get
bragging rights, otherwise you could just shoot someone up to
Mars right now on a one-way ticket

Regardless, Sir Ed was a great and unpretentious humanitarian
(the only living person on a bank note) and his passing is big
news

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