where have you gone?
O���Connor, right, stands with Sir Edmund Hillary during his first trip to the foothills of Mt. Everest in the
spring of 1973. He would return each spring for nearly 40 years to help build schools and hospitals.
photo courtesy OF THE SIR EDMUND HILLARY FOUNDATION
In Nepal, everyone knew O���Connor
and Hillary. They visited every spring
with almost no exceptions for 40 years.
They helped the sherpas build the area���s first hospital and children���s hospital, and then helped staff them for
decades. They added 13 medical clinics
in more remote villages, along with
schools, bridges and other projects that
the community elders proposed.
O���Connor, with the help of the Canadian government and other benefactors back home, established scholarships that send sherpas to universities
