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The Hillary Medalists

The first Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal was awarded in May 2003 to Michael Schmitz and Helen Cawley, jointly, for their work on keystone cultural and ecological projects in the Solu-Khumbu districts of Nepal, including the restoration of Tengboche Monastery. [More ]

Hillary Medalists, from left to right: Cawley and Schmitz (2003); Byers (2006); Freake (2008)

The 2006 Hillary Medal was awarded to Dr. Alton C. Byers for his outstanding achievements in applied conservation research in the Mt. Everest (Nepal), Makalu-Barun (Nepal), and Huascarán (Peru) national parks. In 2007, he established the Alpine Conservation Partnership Project with the American Alpine Club, which, in collaboration with local communities, is now actively protecting and restoring alpine ecosystems in all three of these areas. [More ]

In 2008 British national Mr Anthony "Papa Tony" Freake received the Hillary Medal for his humanitarian and development efforts in Phortse, Nepal, over the past twenty years. [More ]

Hillary Medal winners are actively engaged in exceptionally worthy projects that are perennially constrained by limited funding. Mountain Legacy urgently requests your assistance.