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I caught this photo late in the day, I had seen this statue earlier, and for some reason when out to look at it again. I really like Sir Edmund looking out over the mountains.

This sculpture was commissioned by the Hermitage Hotel and is based on a photograph taken when Sir Edmund completed a Grand Traverse of the three peaks of Aoraki Mount Cook in 1970.

Sculptor: Bryn M. Jones Dunedin, New Zealand

Unveiled by Sir Edmund Hillary on 5 July 2003.


This sculpture of Sir Edmund Hillary was commissioned by The Hermitage Hotel to recognise the 50th anniversary of the ascent and the influence of the Aoraki Mount Cook National Park on his early climbing experience. In 1939 Hillary stayed at The Hermitage Hotel and looked at the peaks beyond the hotel with a "growing feeling of excitement" and "was strangely stirred by it all." His first climb was Mt Ollivier (near Mueller Hut) and on his return to The Hermitage described the experience as "the happiest day I have ever spent."

He often returned to the National Park and climbed many peaks including Aoraki Mount Cook in 1947 and again in 1948 making the first ascent of the South Ridge. Of Aoraki Mount Cook Hillary wrote: "It was a great moment ... to finally stand on the summit of Mt. Cook. It meant I had achieved my first major ambition."

The statue also recognises Sir Edmund's work in providing schools and medical facilities for the Sherpa people of Nepal and for the protection of the culture and beauty of the Himalayas. Of his aid projects Sir Edmund said: "I was brought up to believe that if you had a chance to help people worse off than you, then you should do it."
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