Edmund Cotter, part of New Zealand`s first Himalaya expedition, dies
(WorldNews New Zealand)

Had the cards fallen differently, another Edmund could have adorned the Kiwi five-dollar note and earned global praise for his mountaineering feats. Edmund Cotter took part in the first New Zealand Himalayan expedition in 1951 with Sir Edmund Hillary, two years before Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to ascend Mt Everest. Cotter died in Christchurch on Thursday, aged 90. Guy Cotter said his father was always adventurous. `From when he was quite young, he used to go tramping in the hills in and...