Anodyne
Thursday, January 10, 2008
 

Farewell Sir Edmund Hillary, first co-climber, along with Tenzing Norgay, of Everest. . . .

"'As I chipped steps, I wondered how long we could keep it up,' Sir Edmund said. 'Then I realized that the ridge, instead of rising ahead, now dropped sharply away. I looked upward to see a narrow ridge running up to a sharp point. A few more whacks of the ice axe and we stood on the summit.'

The vast panorama of the Himalayas lay before them: fleecy clouds and the pastel shades of Tibet to the north, and in all directions sweeping ranks of jagged mountains, cloud-filled valleys, great natural amphitheaters of snow and rock, and the glittering Kangshung Glacier 10,000 feet below."
- posted by cjb @ 4:04 PM


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