The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
• Wales coach desperate to end 56-year losing streak • Gatland undaunted by hype surrounding Saturday's match It is 56 years and counting since Wales last beat New Zealand. The All Blacks have not only won the last 20 matches between the sides but, since being thwarted by a late penalty after Andy Haden's choreography in 1978, the men in red have only avoided a double-figure defeat once...
Abby (the) Librarian (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Sacred Mountain Everest by Christine Butler-Taylor . Grades 4-7. Lee & Low Books, April 2009. Copy provided by my local library. On the border between Nepal and Tibet lies a mountain of unparalleled beauty and immense power. Shrouded in mystery, it stands highest among the Himalaya mountain peaks - the tallest mountain on earth... To the south, the people of Nepal call this majestic mountain Sagarmatha,...
Cryptomundo.com (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Edmund Hillary at his 1960 news conference announced his World Book -sponsored expedition would try to answer the question of the reality of the Abominable Snowman. Of course, privately, Hillary had already made up his mind. Images.
Patterico's Pontifications (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
[Guest post by DRJ] First Hillary claimed she had been named for Sir Edmund Hillary, the now famous mountain climber, despite the fact that she was born more than 6 years before he gained fame for climbing Mt. Everest. Then it was her exaggerated claims of importance in negotiating peace in Northern Ireland. That was [...]
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
NEW Zealand – home of the Haka, sauvignon blanc, Sir Edmund Hillary, Peter Jackson, extreme sports, sheep and birthplace of the Rocky Horror Show.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
House flies at Everest basecamp are another sign of climate change that is melting glaciers with worrying speed Earlier this year Dawa Steven Sherpa was resting at Everest base camp when he and his companions heard something buzzing. "What the heck is that?" asked the young Nepali climber. They searched and found a big black house fly, something unimaginable just a few years ago when no...
Law.com (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Know this: If you compare your product, service or breakthrough to Chuck Yeager's breaking of the sound barrier, you're probably going to wind up in court. OnPointNews reports that the famous test pilot has sued computer chip maker Advanced Micro Devices over a March 2000 press release in which its CEO, W.J. Sanders, stated: "Just as the achievement of Chuck Yeager signaled the beginning of a...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
Sir Howard Morrison was the best-known crooner and entertainer in New Zealand, a national icon on a par with the opera star Kiri Te Kanawa or the late Sir Edmund Hillary. A DVD of his life story was top of the national charts ahead of two posthumous compilations of Michael Jackson’s greatest hits.
Fairly Conservative (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
“ So when I was born, she called me Hillary and she always told me it was because of Sir Edmund Hillary“ , spoken by first lady Hillary Clinton of her mother, April, 1995. Hillary Clinton was born in 1947 and Sir Edmund climbed Mt. Everest in 1953. “ Some of my best memories are sitting on my [...]
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
A four-day walk along Auckland's west coast has been named in honour of Sir Edmund Hillary.The Hillary trail, which will open on January 11 next year, begins at the gateway to the Waitakere Ranges and takes trampers along the...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Wellington - Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary topped a recent poll to find the greatest living New Zealander, despite dying 21 months ago, it was reported on Monday. Sir Ed - as he was popularly known - was named by 15 per cent of respondents t...
Kiwiblog (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
Research NZ asked 500 New Zealanders “Who do you believe is the greatest living New Zealander?” 15% named Sir Edmund Hillary. Sigh. Tags: Polls, Sir Edmund Hillary
The RAB Experience (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
There is probably only one thing wrong with these recent poll results, Sir Edmund Hillar y died more than 18 months ago on 11 January 2008. Sir Edmund Hillary was a fine man, a wonderful ambassador for New Zealand, and a humanitarian, at least in my reckoning. When I was little, or perhaps younger, I wanted to climb Mt. Everest and Sir Edmund was one of the people that inspired such grand visions....
Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
He died more than 18 months ago but Sir Edmund Hillary still tops the list of the greatest living New Zealanders, according to a recent poll.
The Age (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
He died more than 18 months ago but Sir Edmund Hillary still tops the list of the greatest living New Zealanders, according to a recent poll.
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