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NZ’s Sir Ed lauded as a ‘great Briton’
England’s Daily Telegraph newspaper is now celebrating Mt Everest’s conqueror Sir Ed Hillary as a “great Briton”.
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Everest Expedition – Into thin air
To mark the 60th anniversary of the first ascent of Mt Everest, a new book published this week collects photographs from the other New Zealander in the 1953 British Everest Expedition, the late George Lowe, who died last month. Here are some of his original photographs from the famous climb and the book’s epilogue, a tribute to Lowe by former Times reporter Jan Morris.