Edmund Hillary
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Sep 12, 2026
Brandon JulianHOST
Let's talk about what happened on this day in history for this May the 29th.
Brandon JulianHOST
The highlight of this day came in 1953 when Mount Everest was conquered as Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal became the first climbers to reach the summit.
Brandon JulianHOST
In 1453 Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks marking the end of the Byzantine Empire.
Brandon JulianHOST
In 1660, Britain's King Charles II was restored to the throne on his 30th birthday after nine years in exile.
Todd BrandtHOST
It's not even sticking out at all, basically.
PussPANELIST
Who was the first guy? Was that Sir Edmund Hillary?
Todd BrandtHOST
Sir Edmund Hillary,
PussPANELIST
yeah.
PussPANELIST
It ain't what it was when he did it.
PussPANELIST
No.
PussPANELIST
Yes.
PussPANELIST
Sir Hedmund Hillary used bottled supplemented oxygen in 1953.
Grant EllettGUEST
So it's well worth preserving.
Grant EllettGUEST
Another little part to do with that hut is Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay visited that hut in 1971.
Grant EllettGUEST
Really? It's got quite a cool little facet to that with Bill Hamilton as well.
Grant EllettGUEST
I've
FergHOST
But that is lucky for you.
FergHOST
Because otherwise, what would, you know, Edmund Hillary be up there? Well, it's here.
FergHOST
Exactly.
FergHOST
I'm
Nadene LomuGUEST
And so, yeah, it really doesn't feel like it was that long ago.
SusanaHOST
David, when we look at the books that you have done in this series of notable New Zealanders, the notable picture books, Mother of the Nation, Fina Cooper, Long Walk for Justice, and First to the Top about the life of Sir Edmund Hillary, Speed King, Burt Munro, I just want to get this other one in, Hero of the Sea, Sir Peter Blake's Mighty Ocean Quests.
SusanaHOST
How do you, and I know this is possibly an impossible question, but I've just had it in my head for days.
SusanaHOST
How do you decide what stays in and what remains out of the book? How do you make that final edit? Does it take a lot of time?
MarkAUDIENCE
Why were you the first to use? I was the first to climb Mount Everest.
MarkAUDIENCE
You beat Sir Ed.
MarkAUDIENCE
You don't
Megan PapasHOST
sound old enough to have beaten Sir Ed.
MarkAUDIENCE
Totally serious, guys, but not the actual mountain.
MarkAUDIENCE
It was a cake in the shape of Mount Everest.
Mike VanackerHOST
Here we go.
Mike VanackerHOST
In what year did Paul Newman, Heath Ledger, and Sir Edmund Hillary all die.
Mike VanackerHOST
Now, I'd better give you multiple choice.
Mike VanackerHOST
Sam didn't, but I'm going to.
Mike VanackerHOST
Is it 2003 or was it 2008? It was 2008.
Mike VanackerHOST
Sir Edmund Hillary and Heath Ledger both in January, as I recall, and Paul Newman in September, I think.
Mike VanackerHOST
And thank you, Sam, for that question.
Mike VanackerHOST
That was both interesting and morbid at the same time.
Scott ParazynskiGUEST
He, he was a, a brilliant physician, um, but he was also, um, you know, an extraordinary athlete and, uh, he a- he applied a, a scientific engineering approach to, uh, tackling what was thought to be an impossible challenge, which is, you know, breaking the four-minute mark, uh, running the mile.
Scott ParazynskiGUEST
And so, you know, people like him, uh, Lewis and Clark that explored the, uh, North America, um, uh, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, the first to summit Everest, uh, John Glenn and Yuri Gagarin, the first to, uh, to travel into space.
Scott ParazynskiGUEST
Those are the types of people that I read about.
Scott ParazynskiGUEST
Uh, Jacques Cousteau, of course, undersea exploration.
Chris MarkowskiHOST
And Sarajevo, you remember that whole thing, that whole made up bull excrement story about, I mean, she's had plenty of them too.
Chris MarkowskiHOST
What was the other one? Uh, Oh, yeah, she's named after Sir Edmund Hillary, the guy who climbed Mount Everest, except he did...
Chris MarkowskiHOST
One scale, lifelong Yankee fan.
Chris MarkowskiHOST
That was when I actually wrote a story about that.
Ian AllenCORRESPONDENT
But their first response was, let's contact people on the ground and ask whether this is still appropriate.
Ian AllenCORRESPONDENT
They've been in touch with Alexander Hillary, Sir Edmund Hillary's grandson.
Ian AllenCORRESPONDENT
He's the general manager of the Himalayan Trust.
Ian AllenCORRESPONDENT
and another contact that they have in Nepal and the advice was still come tourism trekking is hugely important to Nepal's economy and to the communities along those routes so they've decided to use their journey to raise money for the flood relief and maybe share some stories of Nepalese people along the way But yeah, a lot of the time we'll be up around 5,000 metres.
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