{"id":2381,"date":"2003-11-06T20:57:51","date_gmt":"2003-11-06T20:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bernardvoyer.com\/?p=2381"},"modified":"2015-07-09T17:46:56","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T17:46:56","slug":"bernard-honore-par-son-heros-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bernardvoyer.com\/en\/bernard-honore-par-son-heros-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernard Voyer Honoured by His Hero, Sir Edmund Hillary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bernard Voyer, recognized as Canada\u2019s most accomplished explorer, was recently honoured by Sir Edmund Hillary, hero of mountaineers the world over. Bernard received this tribute as recognition of his World Tour of the highest summit on each continent and his conquest of the two geographic poles\u2014making him the first Canadian and one of the few people on Earth to achieve this feat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-2858 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bernardvoyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/11\/Sir-Edmund-Hillary-Zeke-OConnor-et-Bernard-Voyer-6-novembre-2003.jpg\" alt=\"Sir Edmund Hillary, Zeke O'Connor et Bernard Voyer - 6 novembre 2003\" width=\"617\" height=\"423\" data-id=\"2858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bernardvoyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/11\/Sir-Edmund-Hillary-Zeke-OConnor-et-Bernard-Voyer-6-novembre-2003.jpg 1034w, https:\/\/www.bernardvoyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/11\/Sir-Edmund-Hillary-Zeke-OConnor-et-Bernard-Voyer-6-novembre-2003-392x268.jpg 392w, https:\/\/www.bernardvoyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/11\/Sir-Edmund-Hillary-Zeke-OConnor-et-Bernard-Voyer-6-novembre-2003-1024x701.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bernardvoyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/11\/Sir-Edmund-Hillary-Zeke-OConnor-et-Bernard-Voyer-6-novembre-2003-600x411.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bernard was both touched and deeply moved, and thanked Sir Edmund, saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c<em>Because it is presented by Sir Edmund Hillary, this recognition is a real honour, a great moment in my life as an explorer [\u2026] I have often been asked about the differences between Sir Edmund\u2019s ascent of Everest in 1953 and my own in 1999. I tell people that there are many, including the fact that when Edmund Hillary found himself at 8,750 metres, balancing on the narrow ridge leading to the summit, he climbed a vertical rock wall. In 1999, on that same ridge, I climbed the Hillary Step!<\/em>\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This award was given during a benefit evening, held at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto on November 6, for the Sir Edmund Hillary Foundation of Canada.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-2461 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bernardvoyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/11\/Plaque-souvenir-Fondation-Sir-Edmund-Hillary.jpg\" alt=\"Honor\u00e9 par son h\u00e9ros - Sir Edmund Hillary\" width=\"619\" height=\"1068\" data-id=\"2461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bernardvoyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/11\/Plaque-souvenir-Fondation-Sir-Edmund-Hillary.jpg 1345w, https:\/\/www.bernardvoyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/11\/Plaque-souvenir-Fondation-Sir-Edmund-Hillary-392x677.jpg 392w, https:\/\/www.bernardvoyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/11\/Plaque-souvenir-Fondation-Sir-Edmund-Hillary-1024x1768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Bernard%20Voyer%20Honoured%20by%20His%20Hero%2C%20Sir%20Edmund%20Hillary\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bernard Voyer, recognized as Canada\u2019s most accomplished explorer, was recently honoured by Sir Edmund Hillary, hero of mountaineers the world&#8230;  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernardvoyer.com\/en\/bernard-honore-par-son-heros-2\/\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read Bernard Voyer Honoured by His Hero, Sir Edmund Hillary\">Read more on<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2461,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-evenements-biographie-en","category-actualites-passee-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bernardvoyer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bernardvoyer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bernardvoyer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bernardvoyer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bernardvoyer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2381"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bernardvoyer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2862,"href":"https:\/\/www.bernardvoyer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381\/revisions\/2862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bernardvoyer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bernardvoyer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bernardvoyer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bernardvoyer.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}