RIP

Sir Edmund Hillary, with the help of Tenzing Norgay, was the first to summit Mount Everest died. He was 88. Hillary had many achievements. I did not know of this failure. It brings a smile to my face, so perhaps it was not a failure after all.

In 1960 he led another Himalayan adventure, this time in search of proof of the mythical yeti or abominable snowman -- a topic of great interest since Tenzing had said his father had twice seen one.

Among the sherpa community, tales of the yeti were common but Hillary had no success. He got sick mid-way through the expedition -- possibly due to some uncertain fishcakes -- and pulled out.

Update: National Geographic has some pictures.