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🗓️ 31 December 2017
⏱️ 46 minutes
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0:00.0 | Ellis James and John Robbins |
0:01.7 | Radio. |
0:03.3 | X. |
0:04.0 | I am John Robbins. |
0:05.6 | And to my left, a man who has been to my left |
0:09.1 | for the past four years, well, almost four years, |
0:13.8 | because for the past 200 weeks, he has been my steed, |
0:18.5 | my rucksack, my hip flask. |
0:23.3 | The man that will contain up to 500 mil of strong spirits to give me succour in cold months, |
0:30.5 | Mr. Alice James. |
0:31.7 | Your Sherpetensing. |
0:33.1 | My Sherpotenting. |
0:34.7 | To your Edmund Hillary. |
0:36.2 | Yes. |
0:36.4 | That is such a good comparison, I think. |
0:40.1 | Because Hillary was very dismissive of people who didn't, when he got awards for climbing Everest, if it didn't include Tenzing, he was very upset. |
0:50.0 | I think Sherper Tenzing was actually, I think he reached the summit first. |
0:53.5 | Am I right in thinking that? |
0:54.5 | Quite possibly. |
0:55.2 | But Hillary got the credit. |
0:56.8 | But he always made sure Tenzing got the credit, |
0:59.3 | and that's why I've invited you along to me. |
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