Mount Everest conqueror sells 50-year-old whisky for charity
Published: March 18, 2006
Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary has sold a bottle of 50-year-old Scotch whisky back to its makers for $30,000, donating the proceeds to his Himalayan Trust for aid projects in Nepal, it was announced Friday.
The whisky, made by Chivas Brothers, was bottle Number One from a batch of 255 bottled in 2003 to celebrate the anniversary of the coronation of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and the 50th birthday of Royal Salute Scotch whisky.
It was presented to Hillary in 2003, 50 years to the day that he reached the summit of Mount Everest with Tenzing Norgay.
Chivas Brothers Chairman Christian Porta said it was the oldest blended Scotch ever produced and sold commercially and would be returned to Scotland.
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