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A comment on How New Zealand Made Edmund Hillary, the Man Who Conquered Everest.

Re:How New Zealand Made Edmund Hillary, the Man Who Conquere... by leg100 on Thursday February 08, 2018 @10:37AM (#16332744)
Somewhat naff and parochial attitude. Conquering Everest was a massive expedition, involved many mountaineers from across the British Empire, over 400 people in total [1]. The article makes no mention of this; seems to think Everest was conquered thanks to the spirit and mountains of NZ.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_British_Mount_Everest_exp...

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