Peter Hillary was born in 1954, one year after his father, Sir Edmund Hillary, and Nepalese sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first men in history to stand on the summit of Mount Everest.
Peter provided the voice-over for his father's character in a new documentary called "Beyond the Edge," which cleverly compiles archival footage with spectacular re-created scenes of the Mount Everest climb shot in 3-D by the team that worked on James Cameron's "Avatar." The film is also a tribute to the Hillary/Norgay duo, (Hillary played by Chad Moffit with Norgay by Sonam Sherpa), and a restrained but heartfelt love letter to the mountaineers of the 1950s who gathered at the Himalayas every season.
"I think my fate was decided for me before my birth," says Peter with a laugh, in an interview with The Japan Times. "Adventure was to be a prerequisite in my life. Adventure was compulsory. From a very early age, I accompanied my father on tours and expeditions. As for climbing mountains, well, that was practically second nature."