Sir Edmund Hillary in the Wind RiversYesterday I heard that Sir Edmund Hillary died. I always admired him and all his accomplishments very much. Have followed what he did in his life and read his books and other books about him. I just wanted to tell you a kind of short version of this happening. While running Big Sandy Lodge I like to say "I" packed Hillary with their group of 15 into the Wind Rivers. Of course our whole outfit worked to do this trip, but I made sure I went along on this one. Their purpose was to fish for golden trout. And they were all promoting and testing Sears camping gear, tents and stoves, clothing and sleeping bags etc. It was about 1975. I'd have to look through bunches of papers to figure out exactly the year, so this is close enough. I have a nice write up about the trip and their stay with us. They went in another time too. I have pictures of me with the group, but think I just gave Debbie the photo albums to take home, so don't have those to show. I also have some slides. I can remember when I was in high school they announced over the PA system that Hillary and Tenseng Norgay had reached the summit of Mt. Everest. It was about as amazing an event as walking on the moon was years later. Today was bright and beautiful. I worked more on my photos. I didn't expect to spend as much time as I did, but guess I was enjoying it. Otherwise it was pretty boring so no other news.
