Desert Island Discs - Sir Edmund Hillary

Roy Plomley's castaway is mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary.

Favourite track: Blowin' In The Wind by Bob Dylan
Book: The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien
Luxury: Painting he has of Kathmandu valley

Published on Saturday, 14th April 1979.

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