Thursday, January 10, 2008

Sir Edmund Hillary dies


Frankly, it came as some surprise the pioneering climber was still alive. His conquest of Everest in 1953 with sherpa Tenzing Norgay seems buried in a distant past.
Returning to Everest base camp, he famously greeted another member of the British expedition group with the words: "Well, George, we've knocked the bastard off."
On top of the Kerry endorsement, the Obama camp has to be chuckling a little at the prospect of so many front pages proclaiming "Hillary dies."

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