Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest. On May
29, 1953 he scaled the highest mountain then known to man-29, 000
feet straight up. He was knighted for his efforts. He even made
American Express card commercials because of it! However, until we
read his book, High Adventure, we don't understand that Hillary had
to grow into this success. You see, in 1952 he attempted to climb
Mount Everest, but failed. A few weeks later a group in England
asked him to address its members. Hillary walked on stage to a
thunderous applause. The audience was recognizing an attempt at
greatness, but Edmund Hillary saw himself as a failure. He moved
away from the microphone and walked to the edge of the platform. He
made a fist and pointed at a picture of the mountain. He said in a loud
voice, "Mount Everest, you beat me the first time, but I'll beat you the
next time because you've grown all you are going to grow... but I'm
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