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Peter Hillary
New Zealand mountain climber
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| Born | Peter Edmund Hillary (1954-12-26) 26 December 1954 (age 70) Auckland, New Zealand |
| Occupation(s) | Mountaineer, philanthropist, writer |
| Spouse(s) | Ann Moorhead (divorced)Yvonne Oomen |
| Children | 5 |
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| Relatives | Sarah Hillary (sister) |
Peter Edmund Hillary (born 26 December 1954) is a New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist.
He is the son of Sir Edmund Hillary, who, along with mountaineer Tenzing Norgay, completed the first successful ascent of Mount Everest.[1] When Peter Hillary summited Everest in 1990, he and his father were the first father/son duo to achieve the feat.
Hillary has achieved two summits of Everest, an 84-day trek across Antarctica to the South Pole, and an expedition guiding astronaut Neil Armstrong to land a small aircraft at the North Pole. He has climbed many of the world's major peaks, and