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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. However, we don't understand that how 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 as 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 still growing！"
埃得蒙德·希拉裏爵士是第一位攀登上珠穆朗瑪峰的人。1953年5月29日，他成功地登上了高達29000英尺的世界最高峰。因為傑出的成就，他被封為爵士。
埃得蒙德·希拉裏是怎樣取得成功的。眾所周知，在1952年，他曾試圖攀登珠峰，但失敗了。幾周後，埃得蒙德·希拉裏應邀給英格蘭的一個登山隊的隊員們作一個演講。埃得蒙德·希拉裏一上台，觀眾席上就爆發出了雷鳴般的掌聲，他攀登珠峰這一舉動被觀眾看成是一種壯舉。但埃得蒙德·希拉裏覺得自己是一個失敗者。他從麥克風前走到講壇邊，緊握拳頭，指著珠峰的掛圖大聲說道：“珠穆朗瑪峰，第一次，你打敗了我，但下一次我將打敗你！因為你的高度不會增長，而我的技術和毅力卻在不斷增長！”