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For such a fast, naturally gifted racer - who had so many of his contemporaries die due to racing related causes..
.. it always seemed ironic that his "bad luck"- was personally limited to non-fatal DNF-type issues.
"Well, we knocked the bastard off!"
Ed Hilary on being 1st to top Mt Everest,
(& 1st to do a surface traverse across Antarctica,
in good Kiwi style - riding a Massey Ferguson farm
tractor - with a few extemporised mod's to hack the task).