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Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest. On May 29, 1953 he climbed and measured __________ highest mountain then known to man—29,000 feet straight up. He was spoken __________ of for his efforts when he came back. He even made advertisements for big companies. However, __________ we read his book, High Adventure, we don’t understand that Hillary had to grow into this success.
You see, in 1952 he tried to climb Mount Everest, but__________. A few weeks later a group in England asked him to give a __________ to its members. Hillary was given a warm welcome__________ walking on stage. People there thought him as a hero, but Edmund Hillary saw __________ as a failure. He moved away from the microphone and walked to the side of the stage.
He lifted one hand and pointed at a picture of the mountain. He said in a__________voice, “Mount Everest, you beat me the __________ time, but I’ll beat you the next time because you’ve __________all you are going to grow, but I’m still growing!”