I soon learned that Everest wasn't a private affair. It belonged to many men. — Tom Hornbein Copy Share Image
Because it's there. (when asked why he wanted to climb Everest) — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
Had I been a man I might have explored the Poles or climbed Mount Everest, but as it was my spirit found… — Amy Johnson Copy Share Image
People with success are less able to cope because you're used to being on Mount Everest and when it's gone, what do… — Ricky Hatton Copy Share Image
Qualifying for the Olympic Games was one of those moments where you just cry because it was like you've climbed Mount Everest. — Natalie du Toit Copy Share Image
During my Mount Everest journey, I have gone through a lot many troubles, but at the end, I completed my journey and… — Arunima Sinha Copy Share Image
Many people have been getting too casual about climbing Everest. I forecast a disaster many times. — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
“the only thing you'll find at the summit of mount everest is a divine view, the things that really matter lie far… — Peak Copy Share Image
The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody would put a flagstick on top. — Pete Dye Copy Share Image
I cannot say to be glad or not glad to be on Everest. It is my life. I have opportunity to be… — Anatoli Boukreev Copy Share Image
“Don’t let the bird of hopelessness build a nest on your head. Have you forgotten that the peak of Mt. Everest, the… — Bhuwan Thapaliya Copy Share Image
“I suppose we go to Mount Everest, granted the opportunity, because-in a word-we can't help it.' George had written. 'Or, to state… — Peter Gillman Copy Share Image
Think about climbing a mountain. If you decide you're going up Everest, you don't start with a sprint. You'll never make it… — Georges St-Pierre Copy Share Image
When I went to Everest, I underestimated things. I just didn't know what altitude could do. Or the cold - I especially… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
I was asked to give a speech on the Everest swim, and during the Everest swim, I changed. I changed as a… — Lewis Pugh Copy Share Image
Ever since the morning of May 29, 1953, when Tenzing Norgay and I became the first climbers to step onto the summit… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Sure, climbing Mount Everest would be cool, but that's something I would now like to do as a family. Big experiences like… — Heidi Klum Copy Share Image
Everest silences you...when you come down, nothing seems worth saying, nothing at all. You find the nothingness wrapping you up, like a… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
An iceberg is water striving to be land; a mountain, especially a Himalaya, especially Everest, is land's attempt to metamorphose into sky;… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“David Breashears is probably best known for his high-altitude cinematography—a world-class climber, he took the IMAX images for the classic film Everest.… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
“What's all this, I expect you're thinking, about "the tallest mountain in the world"? Everest, surely, deserves at least an honourable mention… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“Why do people move? What makes them uproot and leave everything they've known for a great unknown beyond the horizon? Why climb… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Above the comforts of Base Camp, the expedition in fact became an almost Calvinistic undertaking. The ratio of misery to pleasure was… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
There are names like Savoy Hotel, Caruso, Shangri-La, Pavlove, Mount Everest and the Treorchy Male Choir that just hang up there as… — Ron Moody Copy Share Image
“People ask me, 'What is the use of climbing Mount Everest?' and my answer must at once be, 'It is of no… — George Mallory Copy Share Image
“A day might be just twenty-four hours but sometimes getting through just one seems as impossible as scaling Everest.” — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
Mt. Everest of Earth is 8.8 km tall; Mt. Olympus of Mars is 22 km tall. Every time you see a giant,… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
“If you wanted the respect of the world, you climbed Everest. If you wanted the respect of other mountaineers, you climbed K2.” — Marc Cameron Copy Share Image
Climate change is the Everest of all problems, the thorniest challenge facing humankind. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Food for thought: Every dead body on Mount Everest was once a highly motivated person. Stay lazy my friends. It may save… — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
'The Blade Itself' was my first book. Probably I should've tried a few short stories first, but for some reason I decided… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
I was never comfortable with the risk of climbing in the Himalayas, or the amount of time in idleness that is involved… — Steve Fossett Copy Share Image
Not to be too grandiose about it, but in a way I see myself like Sir Edmund Hillary. The water was my… — Lewis Gordon Pugh Copy Share Image
