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 Hillary Returns
 The Glacier Climbers
 Encounter - Sir Edmund Hillary
 Holmes - Hillary's Trek: The Sherpas
 Holmes - Hillary's Trek: His Legacy
 Holmes - Sir Edmund Hillary

Synopsis

Journalist Mark Sainsbury accompanies Sir Edmund Hillary on a "testimonial trek" to Nepal. This segment was the first of three that screened on Holmes in April 1991. Sir Ed travels to Tenboche Monastery, meets son Peter and fellow climber George Lowe, recalls his famous climb and reconnects with the sherpas who call him Barrah Sahib: the Big Man. En route Sir Ed gets altitude sickness and needs oxygen. He comments on the risks of returning to Everest: "I have the alternative of lolling on a sun-drenched beach [...] something I find exceptionally boring".

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 Edmund Hillary

Edmund Hillary
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Mark Sainsbury
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