Summit Climb for Sir Edmund Hillary
On Saturday 12th April 5 students from Room 21 and Miss Adamson went to One Tree Hill to represent Elm Park School in the summits climb in memory of Sir Edmund Hillary.
The climb to the top of One Tree Hill was the 29th climb in memory of Sir Ed. Climbs are taking place all over the North and the South Island. It was New Zealand’s way of remembering a great man who was extraordinary in lots of different ways. He had a passion for walking so this remembarance for him would have been one that would have made him smile.
At 4pm students, teachers and family members from all over Auckland gathered to pay their final respect to Sir Edmund Hillary. Each school who participated also brought a stone with them that had their school name on it. All these stones from all the summit climbs from all over New Zealand will be gathered together and made into a cairn in memory of Sir Ed at the foot of Mount Ruapehu . This will be an everlasting memory at a place where Sir Edmund Hillary first fell in love with mountains.
At the beginning of the walk there was a speech about Sir Edmund Hillary from the organisers of the Summits for Sir Ed Trust. He spoke about his achievements and why these walks were such a great idea.
It was a challenging walk for us and fun at the same time. Some of the parents found the walk difficult as it wasn’t in their habit to walk up so high and far. When we made it to the summit of One Tree Hill we listened to a few people from the Nepalese community talk about Sir Edmund Hillary and then we held a one minute silence for him.
Walking down the hill was much easier and quicker. We also took a short cut which meant we reached the bottom in record time. Some of us were tired after the walk so we couldn’t imagine how Sir Edmund Hillary felt after climbing Mount Everest.
We are glad that we all took part in this walk and that we have remembered such a wonderful man. This will be an everlasting memory for all of us. We have learned a lot about him this Term and we all really appreciate what an EXTRAORDINARY MAN HE REALLY WAS!!
By MH, JW, JM, PK, LA & MM Room 21
April 14th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Well Done and thankyou boys for taking part and representing Room 21 and Elm Park School. I am very proud of all of you. You are wonderful role models for the school. I think that taking part was an amazing experience and I can’t wait to visit the cairn and see if I can spot our stone. It was a lovely way for us to show our respect for Sir Edmund Hillary.
April 15th, 2008 at 12:39 am
I feel proud of myself. How about you guys?
I do feel sad about Sir Edmund Hillary when he passed away.
:’(
Why did he have to leave us?!?!!?!
:’(
April 15th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Well done! I am very proud of your fantastic effort in the weekend.
AS
April 15th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
I like your photos
N.R
April 15th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
HI
Im really sad how Sir Edmund Hillary left the WORLD!!……:(
I thing he’s a New Zelander HERO!!!!!!
It was kool how u went to do the walk
CYA!!
April 16th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Hi
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April 19th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Love the BRICK
i have never seen anything so colourfull but i am happy to see your creativity in symbolism… For using brick to represents Sir Edmund Hillary’s climbing mountains to build schools and hospitals in Nepal!!
Keep up the creativity J dub representing the class!!
love ya all tj
May 5th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Why did we have a brick as a stone?
I’m soooooo embarrassed…..
May 6th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
sounds like you guys had fun!!!!!!!
May 6th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
wow what an experience!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 11th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Now, since Sir Edmund Hillary passed away, he has now Rested In Peace. He is now peacefully rested in the sky, with God supporting him. We will never forget him, because of what he has done to New Zealand and Nepal.
JM :’(
May 13th, 2008 at 2:44 am
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May 15th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
I hope you had a great walk up One tree hill. Was there cow poo up there.He He!!
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:23 pm
I too am sad that Sir Edmund Hillary passed away,
It’s even sadder that Hannah in our school also died.
But think about it, lots of other people died in China.
So consider urselves lucky, It’s not like ur a chinese… unless u are!
Anyway, it’s been a year of extra ordinary deaths.
p.s let’s hope the sadness goes away
October 21st, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Hi there, T.B from room 20 here,
That was truly amazing to do! Wish I could of been there.
Good on you fore remembering him.
Don’t forget to check out Room 20s Blog!
Keep up the good work!