So long, Sir Edward!
"I can't give you any fresh answers to why a man climbs mountains. The majority still go just to climb them."
~Sir Edmund Hillary, 1919-2008
As a fan of mountaineering lit, which I read with simultaneous awe and conviction that I would never do any such thing, I salute Sir Edmund Hillary, who passed from us today, but not without a long life of high adventure, wit and compassion. If I could drink right now, I'd toss one back for the first bloke to summit Mt. Everest. Cheers! RIP, Ed.
