Sir Edmund Percival Hillary was Born on the 20th of July 1919. His mother Cee Clark gave birth to Edmund in Auckland Dominion of New Zealand. His Father Percival Augustus Hillary Gurtrude Hillary served in Gallipoli. Edmund had three children of his own Peter Sarah and Bilinda.
Edmund grew up in Auckland. It was in New Zealand that edmund became interested in Mountain climbing. Although he made his living as a beekeeper he loved to climb mountains. He climbed Mountains in New Zealand, than in the Alps and the started in the Himalayas
Hillary followed in his father's footsteps after school to be a beekeeper so this summer job allowed him to climb mountains in the winter.
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