Ed Hillary is returning to Antarctica with NZ Prime Minister Helen Clark (who is herself an excellent climber)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070116/en ... 0116060758
by Cy Kaicener » Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:42 pm
by dadndave » Thu Jan 18, 2007 2:39 am
by Goldie_Oz » Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:21 am
by Charles » Sun Mar 11, 2007 7:19 pm
dadndave wrote:"Controversially, Hillary defied instructions from Fuchs and arrived at the South Pole first on January 4, 1958, marking only the third expedition to reach there by land and the first using vehicles to cross the crevasse-strewn landscape"
Kiwis are always looking for a cheeky way to wind up the Poms, bless 'em. This is totally off topic, so apologies in advance, but it reminds me of an incident back in the early sixties when the RAF sent one of it's then new state-of-the-art "V-Bombers" an Avro Vulcan on a tour of Commonwealth countries. On touch down in NZ the plane was caught in a wind-shear and one wing contacted the runway resulting in heavy damage to the wing and undercarriage. After much agonising about whether to scrap the plane, ship it back to the UK by sea or repair it, it was eventually decided that the RNZAF was able to complete the repairs, which they did - complete with Kiwi roundels which weren't noticed until the thing landed back in the UK to the horror of the stiff-upper-lip-handle-bar-moustache RAF establishment and the British Government.
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