Friday, January 11, 2008

Sir Edmund Hillary has died

I met him in 1973 or 1974. What a tall man.

Sears Canada's catalog was doing a promotion on expedition equipment and the company president, (General) Douglas Peacher knew Sir Edmund. Hillary wanted to be introduced to every single employee at Sears Buying Office Headquarters on Jarvis St. in Toronto. Mr. Peacher brought Sir Edmund TO every employee to introduce him by name, one by one and shake their hand. Including me, a lowly buying assistant in my tiny cubicle.

So I was introduced to him and shook his hand. What a kind gentleman.