RIP Tenzing Norgay

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RIP Tenzing Norgay

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first man on top of Mount Everest together with Sir E. Hillary on May29, 1953
he died on this day 25 years ago

R.I.P.
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this has hit me like a thunderbolt :shock:
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mrgnu1958 wrote:this has hit me like a thunderbolt :shock:
but you didn´t emulate him, did you ? :wink:
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IM STILL very upset...In wot way did i not Emulate this GREAT man? :( :(
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Ah yes, the great British achievement of being the first to climb Everest. Cleverly utilising a New Zealander and a Nepali! :D


:wink: :wink:
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DB10GOONER wrote:Ah yes, the great British achievement of being the first to climb Everest. Cleverly utilising a New Zealander and a Nepali! :D


:wink: :wink:
:lol: :lol:

Does sound a bit like the Republic's football team...

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marcengels wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:Ah yes, the great British achievement of being the first to climb Everest. Cleverly utilising a New Zealander and a Nepali! :D


:wink: :wink:
:lol: :lol:

Does sound a bit like the Republic's football team...

:wink:
Exactly. If you irish lads want to rejoin the land of the free then you only have to ask 8)
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marcengels wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:Ah yes, the great British achievement of being the first to climb Everest. Cleverly utilising a New Zealander and a Nepali! :D


:wink: :wink:
:lol: :lol:

Does sound a bit like the Republic's football team...

:wink:
No it doesn't. I don't believe either of them had a dodgy tenuous link to an Engerlish "grandmother". :lol: :wink:
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LDB wrote:
marcengels wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:Ah yes, the great British achievement of being the first to climb Everest. Cleverly utilising a New Zealander and a Nepali! :D


:wink: :wink:
:lol: :lol:

Does sound a bit like the Republic's football team...

:wink:
Exactly. If you irish lads want to rejoin the land of the free then you only have to ask 8)
Does that mean we have to start wearing Burberry? :shock:


:D :wink:
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THE first person on top of Everest not Hillary.
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rodders999 wrote:THE first person on top of Everest not Hillary.
Was it Bill Clinton? :? :lol: :lol: :wink:
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DB10GOONER wrote:
LDB wrote:
marcengels wrote:
DB10GOONER wrote:Ah yes, the great British achievement of being the first to climb Everest. Cleverly utilising a New Zealander and a Nepali! :D


:wink: :wink:
:lol: :lol:

Does sound a bit like the Republic's football team...

:wink:
Exactly. If you irish lads want to rejoin the land of the free then you only have to ask 8)
Does that mean we have to start wearing Burberry? :shock:


:D :wink:
I hear that a ROI v England match in November looks likely.....in Dublin :shock:

Money talks. Let the games begin :roll:

Anything you can do to make sure that the ingerland fans don't go back to England would be much appreciated.

8)
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Re: RIP Tenzing Norgay

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cusamano wrote:first man on top of Mount Everest together with Sir E. Hillary on May29, 1953
he died on this day 25 years ago

R.I.P.
Ere! wasn't Norman Wisdom part of that expedition.....??? :hmmthink: :wink:
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I Hate Hleb wrote:
rodders999 wrote:THE first person on top of Everest not Hillary.
Was it Bill Clinton? :? :lol: :lol: :wink:
Naaaah he 's the one who owns a chain of greeting card shops isn't he!?
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