Sir Edmund Hillary, who conquered Mount Everest in May 1953 regarded as one of the 20th century's greatest adventurers died at Auckland City Hospital on Jan 10, 2008. He was 88.
He devoted much of his life to aiding the mountain people of Nepal and took his fame in stride, preferring to be called "Ed" and considering himself just an ordinary beekeeper.
Sir Edmund described himself as an average New Zealander with modest abilities. In reality, he was a colossus. He was an heroic figure who not only 'knocked off' Everest but lived a life of determination, humility, and generosity
Sir Hillary's life was marked by grand achievements, high adventure, discovery, excitement — and by his personal humility. Humble to the point that he only admitted being the first man atop Everest long after the death of climbing companion Tenzing Norgay.
But he was more proud of his decades-long campaign to set up schools and health clinics in remote regions of Nepal, the homeland of Tenzing Norgay, the mountain guide with whom he stood arm in arm on the summit of Everest on May 29, 1953.
United Sherpa Association (Sherpa Kyidug) will be organizing a memorial service remembering Sir Edmund Hillary on January 20th , 2008. We would like to request our fellow sherpa members and supporters to please attend the memorial service. It will be one of the greatest oppurtunity for our Sherpa community to pay our tribute to the person who spent his entire life for the betterment of our community.
Date : Jan 20, 2008
Time : 1.00 PM (sharp)
Venue: Queens Palace
37-11 57th St
Woodside, NY 11377
For more information please call 917-402-5930 (Galjen)
Sir Edmund Hillary, who conquered Mount Everest in May 1953 regarded as one of the 20th century's greatest adventurers died at Auckland City Hospital on Jan 10, 2008. He was 88.
He devoted much of his life to aiding the mountain people of Nepal and took his fame in stride, preferring to be called "Ed" and considering himself just an ordinary beekeeper.
Sir Edmund described himself as an average New Zealander with modest abilities. In reality, he was a colossus. He was an heroic figure who not only 'knocked off' Everest but lived a life of determination, humility, and generosity
Sir Hillary's life was marked by grand achievements, high adventure, discovery, excitement — and by his personal humility. Humble to the point that he only admitted being the first man atop Everest long after the death of climbing companion Tenzing Norgay.
But he was more proud of his decades-long campaign to set up schools and health clinics in remote regions of Nepal, the homeland of Tenzing Norgay, the mountain guide with whom he stood arm in arm on the summit of Everest on May 29, 1953.
United Sherpa Association (Sherpa Kyidug) will be organizing a memorial service remembering Sir Edmund Hillary on January 20th , 2008. We would like to request our fellow sherpa members and supporters to please attend the memorial service. It will be one of the greatest oppurtunity for our Sherpa community to pay our tribute to the person who spent his entire life for the betterment of our community.
Date : Jan 20, 2008
Time : 1.00 PM (sharp)
Venue: Queens Palace
37-11 57th St
Woodside, NY 11377
For more information please call 917-402-5930 (Galjen)
we are sorry we misse sir admondhilari very very much
he is great person in the world frist sammit top of the
World.that is we never forget friendsip and his glori.
condolens to the famili of sir admond hilari might be paition of this misfurtune.sherpa kyidug uas nyc.
Sir Edmund Hillary, who conquered Mount Everest in May 1953 regarded as one of the 20th century's greatest adventurers died at Auckland City Hospital on Jan 10, 2008. He was 88.
He devoted much of his life to aiding the mountain people of Nepal and took his fame in stride, preferring to be called "Ed" and considering himself just an ordinary beekeeper.
Sir Edmund described himself as an average New Zealander with modest abilities. In reality, he was a colossus. He was an heroic figure who not only 'knocked off' Everest but lived a life of determination, humility, and generosity
Sir Hillary's life was marked by grand achievements, high adventure, discovery, excitement — and by his personal humility. Humble to the point that he only admitted being the first man atop Everest long after the death of climbing companion Tenzing Norgay.
But he was more proud of his decades-long campaign to set up schools and health clinics in remote regions of Nepal, the homeland of Tenzing Norgay, the mountain guide with whom he stood arm in arm on the summit of Everest on May 29, 1953.
United Sherpa Association (Sherpa Kyidug) will be organizing a memorial service remembering Sir Edmund Hillary on January 20th , 2008. We would like to request our fellow sherpa members and supporters to please attend the memorial service. It will be one of the greatest oppurtunity for our Sherpa community to pay our tribute to the person who spent his entire life for the betterment of our community.
Date : Jan 20, 2008
Time : 1.00 PM (sharp)
Venue: Queens Palace
37-11 57th St
Woodside, NY 11377
For more information please call 917-402-5930 (Galjen)
उपोरक्त सम्बंधमा यही जनवरी २० ,२००८ का दिन सर एडमंड हिल्लारी को सम्झना मा शेरपा किदुग ले आयोजना गरेको शोक कार्यक्रम मा यहा हरुको उपस्थिति को लागी हार्दिक अनुरोध गर्दाछ
साथै उक्त कार्यक्रम मा बिभिन्ना बिदेशी संचार माध्यम हरुको साथ बिदेशी पाहुना हरुको उपस्थिति हुने हुदा सो कार्यक्रम मा सरीक भै कार्यक्रम सफल पारी दिनु हुन हार्दिक अनुरोध गरिन्छा.
कृपया : महिला दीदी बहिनी हरुले सके सम्म आंगी ( बखु ) लगायेरा पाल्नु हुन अनुरोध गरिन्छ.
ज-जसले खबर पाउनु भएको छैना कृपया यसैलाई निम्तो मानी पाल्नु हुन शेर्पा किदुग हार्दिक अनुरोध गर्दछ.
अन्य जानकारी को लागी शेर्पा किदुग वा बोर्ड मेंबर हरु संग सम्पर्क राख्नु होला .
मिति र स्थान
Date : Jan 20, 2008
Time : 1.00 PM (sharp)
Venue: Queens Palace
37-11 57th St
Woodside, NY 11377
As informed earlier Sir Edmund Hillary Memorial Service is being held on Jan 20, 2008 from 1 PM to 4 PM at Queens Place located at 37-11, 57 Street, Woodside, Queens 11377.
We would like to encourage our members to wear traditional Sherpa Dress for the service.
Woodside's Sherpas mourn Sir Hillary By Jeremy Walsh
01/17/2008
The global community mourning the death of Sir Edmund Hillary, first man to climb Mt. Everest, includes a small New York Sherpa community headquartered in Woodside.
The United Sherpa Association has scheduled a memorial service for Hillary, a New Zealander, at 1 p.m. on Jan. 20 at the Queens Palace at 37-11 57th St. in Woodside.
Sherpas are an ethnic group of Nepalese who are native to the Himalaya mountain range. They have been widely used as guides and assistants by adventurers looking to climb peaks in the area.
"Sir Hillary was a father-like figure for most of the Sherpas in our community," said Ang Galjen Sherpa, general secretary of the association. "He is highly regarded by our community because of the work he has done in our regions whether it be building schools, hospitals, bridges, scholarship for study in colleges and even abroad for further studies. His works had a lot of impact on the lives of Sherpa people."
For the memorial, Galjen said, the association has invited officials from New Zealand and Nepal, the American Himalayan Foundation, the Explorers Club, the Hillary Trust and local elected officials. The public is welcome, he said.
The United Sherpa Association was established as a nonprofit group in 1995 to promote and preserve Sherpa culture and traditions throughout United States, Galjen said.
Most members of the Sherpa community are based in Queens and Brooklyn, gathering in Woodside for weekend events.
The Web site has more than 2,700 registered members, although the site says the Sherpa Association has slightly less than 2,000 people in the community.
The association's goal is to raise money to construct a Sherpa cultural center somewhere in the city. Its current fund-raising goal is $1.5 million.
Hillary died Jan. 11 in a New Zealand hospital at age 88. The fabled climber was renowned for his work with the Sherpa community in Nepal, establishing a foundation to build hospitals, airstrips and other amenities in the mountainous country.
Though he was widely credited as being the first to ascend Everest, Hillary refused to say whether he or Tenzing Norgay, his Sherpa climbing companion, had been in the lead until after Norgay's death in 1985.
Reach reporter Jeremy Walsh by e-mail at jwalsh@timesledger.com or by phone at 718-229-0300, Ext. 154.
Speakers were great - brought tears to the eyes and was very educational as well. Sherpa people's love for the departed soul, Sir Edmund Hillary, was not only evident by the crowd that came to the memorial service but were expressed so eloquently by Chris Tozer of the New Zealand's consulate and Senator Sabini.
Our own Sherpa speakers, namely Dr. Tshering Wangdi, Ngawang Karsang and Nima Lhamu Khambache McElhinney (didi)were just amazing. These Sherpas represented us all so well with not only expressing what many of us feel about Sir Ed but also the way they presented themselves in front of a crowd that included many distinguished guests from various communities.
Here's the video that was shown at the Memorial service today in Queens, New York, "A Tribute to Sir Edmund Hillary".
