My Speech!! :)

Intro:
I have come to share the man with you today, who I believe, inspires me most to realise what is possible and to know I can make things happen. This high achieving New Zealander grew up a shy boy on the outskirts of Auckland in a small country town by the name of "Tuakau". His Dad owned a small block of land on which he raised a half a dozen cows and a large vegetable garden. Let me introduce you to, Sir Edmund Hillary. 

Point 1: Passion for Ed's climbing.
He discovered his passion for climbing once returning from a school tramping trip to Mt Ruapehu. This was the beginning of an interest that was to last a lifetime. But what was the first thing Edmund Hillary was going to conquer? Hillary is known throughout the world as the first person to step foot on the summit of Mt Everest, the highest point on earth. But the climbing of this colossal mountain in 1953, was only one of the many adventures and achievements of Sir Ed's busy life. 

Point 2: Climbing the mountain itself.
Standing at 29,035 feet, that's 8,850 meters, Mount Everest, also known in Tibet as Chomolungma, is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. 
In 1953 a British climber "John Hunt" led the expedition of 400 people to climb the 8,850 meters of MT Everest. Starting on April 13 from the base camp at 5,364 meters they set up seven camps until on May 26, the first team made a final attempt to reach the top. They failed 100 metres short from the top, but Hillary and Tenzing weren't finished yet. They set up a ninth and final camp at 8,504 meters and spent a cold, difficult night gasping for oxygen from the cylinders they were carrying. By this point, they were at such high altitude that some say that the air is too thin for a human to survive. In the morning they faced one more difficult wall of ice, and struggled up what in now known as the "Hillary step" before they stood on the summit of MT Everest at 11.30 am on May 29. This was the day that took New Zealand by wonder in what may have been the greatest achievements in NZ history.

Point 3: What happened next?
When they returned to New Zealand, Hillary and Tenzing were surprised to know they had become world famous. Many people thought that Everest was the last great human adventure on earth. Ed was knighted by Elisabeth the 2, the new queen, and became "Sir Edmund Hillary".  
But what happened next for Sir Ed?

CONCLUSION
Sir Edmund Hilary inspires me to conquer my fears and to believe in what is possible.
That I ... and you sitting before me can make history ... can make New Zealand proud.