Comments on: Sir Edmund Hillary Dies http://frankroche.com/blog/2008/01/11/sir-edmund-hillary-dies/ Mon, 26 Dec 2011 02:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Your Aussie Mate http://frankroche.com/blog/2008/01/11/sir-edmund-hillary-dies/comment-page-1/#comment-774 Your Aussie Mate Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:19:26 +0000 http://frankroche.com/blog/2008/01/11/sir-edmund-hillary-dies/#comment-774 The memorial service/state funeral will be held today in Auckland. Sir Ed is lying in state...normally only reserved for royalty or the Prime Minister. His ashes will be scattered in the bay off Auckland A great life to be celebrated, a great man to be honoured, a great nation to console. The memorial service/state funeral will be held today in Auckland. Sir Ed is lying in state…normally only reserved for royalty or the Prime Minister. His ashes will be scattered in the bay off Auckland

A great life to be celebrated, a great man to be honoured, a great nation to console.

]]> By: Your Aussie Mate http://frankroche.com/blog/2008/01/11/sir-edmund-hillary-dies/comment-page-1/#comment-4146 Your Aussie Mate Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:19:00 +0000 http://frankroche.com/blog/2008/01/11/sir-edmund-hillary-dies/#comment-4146 The memorial service/state funeral will be held today in Auckland. Sir Ed is lying in state...normally only reserved for royalty or the Prime Minister. His ashes will be scattered in the bay off Auckland A great life to be celebrated, a great man to be honoured, a great nation to console. The memorial service/state funeral will be held today in Auckland. Sir Ed is lying in state…normally only reserved for royalty or the Prime Minister. His ashes will be scattered in the bay off Auckland

A great life to be celebrated, a great man to be honoured, a great nation to console.

]]> By: Frank http://frankroche.com/blog/2008/01/11/sir-edmund-hillary-dies/comment-page-1/#comment-761 Frank Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:46:08 +0000 http://frankroche.com/blog/2008/01/11/sir-edmund-hillary-dies/#comment-761 Hey, my Aussie Mate! Hillary was such an impressive man and he did so much for so many. What a stunning pronouncement by his father...that kind of elegance gives me the good kind of chills. I hadn't heard that one...thanks for telling me about that. Hey, my Aussie Mate! Hillary was such an impressive man and he did so much for so many. What a stunning pronouncement by his father…that kind of elegance gives me the good kind of chills. I hadn’t heard that one…thanks for telling me about that.

]]> By: Frank http://frankroche.com/blog/2008/01/11/sir-edmund-hillary-dies/comment-page-1/#comment-4145 Frank Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:46:00 +0000 http://frankroche.com/blog/2008/01/11/sir-edmund-hillary-dies/#comment-4145 Hey, my Aussie Mate! Hillary was such an impressive man and he did so much for so many. What a stunning pronouncement by his father...that kind of elegance gives me the good kind of chills. I hadn't heard that one...thanks for telling me about that. Hey, my Aussie Mate! Hillary was such an impressive man and he did so much for so many. What a stunning pronouncement by his father…that kind of elegance gives me the good kind of chills. I hadn’t heard that one…thanks for telling me about that.

]]> By: Your Aussie Mate http://frankroche.com/blog/2008/01/11/sir-edmund-hillary-dies/comment-page-1/#comment-760 Your Aussie Mate Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:54:51 +0000 http://frankroche.com/blog/2008/01/11/sir-edmund-hillary-dies/#comment-760 Frank, it is obviously big news here. A truly wonderful human being. I love the fact that he never took credit for being the first man to scale Everest....it was always he and Tenzing Norgay. Nepal is in mourning for a great man who saved many lives through the establishment of schools, clinics, bridges...even an airfield. Not many people know that the news of Hillary and Norgay's conquest of Everest actualli threatened to overshadow the coronation of Queen Elizabeth in 1953. I love the quote from his father, Percy, when informed of his son's achievement "Edmund is a good man under pressure" Frank, it is obviously big news here. A truly wonderful human being. I love the fact that he never took credit for being the first man to scale Everest….it was always he and Tenzing Norgay. Nepal is in mourning for a great man who saved many lives through the establishment of schools, clinics, bridges…even an airfield. Not many people know that the news of Hillary and Norgay’s conquest of Everest actualli threatened to overshadow the coronation of Queen Elizabeth in 1953. I love the quote from his father, Percy, when informed of his son’s achievement “Edmund is a good man under pressure”

]]> By: Your Aussie Mate http://frankroche.com/blog/2008/01/11/sir-edmund-hillary-dies/comment-page-1/#comment-4144 Your Aussie Mate Sun, 13 Jan 2008 08:54:00 +0000 http://frankroche.com/blog/2008/01/11/sir-edmund-hillary-dies/#comment-4144 Frank, it is obviously big news here. A truly wonderful human being. I love the fact that he never took credit for being the first man to scale Everest....it was always he and Tenzing Norgay. Nepal is in mourning for a great man who saved many lives through the establishment of schools, clinics, bridges...even an airfield. Not many people know that the news of Hillary and Norgay's conquest of Everest actualli threatened to overshadow the coronation of Queen Elizabeth in 1953. I love the quote from his father, Percy, when informed of his son's achievement "Edmund is a good man under pressure" Frank, it is obviously big news here. A truly wonderful human being. I love the fact that he never took credit for being the first man to scale Everest….it was always he and Tenzing Norgay. Nepal is in mourning for a great man who saved many lives through the establishment of schools, clinics, bridges…even an airfield. Not many people know that the news of Hillary and Norgay’s conquest of Everest actualli threatened to overshadow the coronation of Queen Elizabeth in 1953. I love the quote from his father, Percy, when informed of his son’s achievement “Edmund is a good man under pressure”

]]> By: Frank http://frankroche.com/blog/2008/01/11/sir-edmund-hillary-dies/comment-page-1/#comment-759 Frank Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:10:01 +0000 http://frankroche.com/blog/2008/01/11/sir-edmund-hillary-dies/#comment-759 Pinky Bear, that's one of my faves from The Sound of Music. In fact, I want to go to one of those Sound of Music sing-alongs. It's Sheryl's fave movie. Perhaps next time it comes to Philly we shoudl all go. It would be fun. Pinky Bear, that’s one of my faves from The Sound of Music. In fact, I want to go to one of those Sound of Music sing-alongs. It’s Sheryl’s fave movie. Perhaps next time it comes to Philly we shoudl all go. It would be fun.

]]> By: Frank http://frankroche.com/blog/2008/01/11/sir-edmund-hillary-dies/comment-page-1/#comment-4142 Frank Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:10:00 +0000 http://frankroche.com/blog/2008/01/11/sir-edmund-hillary-dies/#comment-4142 Pinky Bear, that's one of my faves from The Sound of Music. In fact, I want to go to one of those Sound of Music sing-alongs. It's Sheryl's fave movie. Perhaps next time it comes to Philly we shoudl all go. It would be fun. Pinky Bear, that’s one of my faves from The Sound of Music. In fact, I want to go to one of those Sound of Music sing-alongs. It’s Sheryl’s fave movie. Perhaps next time it comes to Philly we shoudl all go. It would be fun.

]]> By: Pinky Bear http://frankroche.com/blog/2008/01/11/sir-edmund-hillary-dies/comment-page-1/#comment-758 Pinky Bear Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:38:56 +0000 http://frankroche.com/blog/2008/01/11/sir-edmund-hillary-dies/#comment-758 The song Climb Every Mountain comes to mind. The song Climb Every Mountain comes to mind.

]]> By: Pinky Bear http://frankroche.com/blog/2008/01/11/sir-edmund-hillary-dies/comment-page-1/#comment-4143 Pinky Bear Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:38:00 +0000 http://frankroche.com/blog/2008/01/11/sir-edmund-hillary-dies/#comment-4143 The song Climb Every Mountain comes to mind. The song Climb Every Mountain comes to mind.

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