After Everest'Well if you have a big life, a lot of stuff happens. Dad had a big life.' Peter Hillary. Edmund Hillary is a towering figure among adventurers. His conquest of Everest and his dedication to the welfare of the Nepalese people is well known. While much has been written about what Sir Edmund Hillary did, Ed, the man behind the legend, is less well known in large part because he controlled how his story was told. The years leading up to Everest and the