An opinion piece written by James L. Ferguson Professor of History Maurice Isserman titled "The higher summit in Sir Edmund Hillary's life" appears in the Monday, Jan. 14, issue of The Christian Science Monitor. Isserman's piece focuses on Hillary's enormous philanthropic contributions to Nepal after his successful climb to the summit of Mount Everest.
Hillary made his first return visit after the 1953 expedition "on a somewhat quixotic search for evidence of the legendary Yeti (abominable snowman)," wrote Isserman. That trip served as the trigger for his philanthropic. According to Isserman, "… over the next four decades, the charitable organization Sir Edmund subsequently founded, the Himalayan Trust, raised funds for more than two dozen additional schools in the Solu-Khumbu region, plus clinics, hospitals, bridges, airfields, and projects promoting clean water and reforestation."
Hillary made his first return visit after the 1953 expedition "on a somewhat quixotic search for evidence of the legendary Yeti (abominable snowman)," wrote Isserman. That trip served as the trigger for his philanthropic. According to Isserman, "… over the next four decades, the charitable organization Sir Edmund subsequently founded, the Himalayan Trust, raised funds for more than two dozen additional schools in the Solu-Khumbu region, plus clinics, hospitals, bridges, airfields, and projects promoting clean water and reforestation."
