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“Nothing Venture, Nothing Win.”

Published by
Steve
at January 13, 2008 in Adventure and History. 1 Comment

Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to summit Mount Everest, died Friday. He was 88.

Edmund Hillary / Tenzing Norgay

The gangling New Zealander took his fame in stride, preferring to be called “Ed” and considering himself an “ordinary person with ordinary qualities.”

I am impressed and inspired by ordinary people who have a dream to accomplish something extraordinary, and the ability to turn that dream into a reality.