I know I'm never going to probably see the Taj Mahal or, you know, climb Mt. Everest, but I can still maybe… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
Of course I climbed Everest without oxygen, but it's not the end of the story for me. The summit itself is not… — Ueli Steck Copy Share Image
I'm kind of obsessed by Everest and all those men that mountaineer and take themselves to extreme limits. Having gone back to… — Sam Heughan Copy Share Image
“In a letter George had recalled the death of Donald Robertson, writing of 'the great sleeping ones that have but to stir… — Peter Gillman Copy Share Image
I really haven't liked the commercialization of mountaineering, particularly of Mt. Everest. By paying $65,000, you can be conducted to the summit… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
Everest wasn't like any other mountain. Only one of ten climbers who attempt the mountain stands on the summit. And for every… — Stacy Allison Copy Share Image
I tell the players that they can't relive any day in their lives and that they can't relive the minutes of a… — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
“Everest is the highest mountain in the world, and no man has reached its summit. Its existence is a challenge. The answer… — Peter Gillman Copy Share Image
Early on May 23, 1997, from 28,500 feet on Everest, I witnessed the incredible shadow of the mountain, the penumbra, forming to… — Ed Viesturs Copy Share Image
“Climbing Mount Everest is more satisfying than standing at the top; flirting and foreplay are more exciting than having an orgasm; and… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
For nearly 11 years, now, we have been on this mission; we call it, "climbing Mt. Sustainability", a mountain higher than Everest,… — Ray Anderson Copy Share Image
The whole purpose of climbing something like Everest is to effect some sort of spiritual and physical gain. But if you compromise… — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
Stuffwise we are not a lean operation. We're the kind of people who, if we were deciding what absolute minimum essential items… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Dr. Everest, got up and gave us a little pep talk. Mostly it boiled down to the fact that it was autumn,… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
Start with short stories. After all, if you were taking up rock climbing, you wouldn't start with Mount Everest. So if you're… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
When the news you don't want to hear is looming before you like Everest, two things can happen. Tragedy can run you… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Climbing Everest is so big now, with so much money involved, and the Sherpas are not stupid. They see this, and they… — Ueli Steck Copy Share Image
I learned two basic lessons on Everest. First, just because something has worked in the past does not mean it will work… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To a gentleman, a gentleman-someone who dies without ever pronouncing the word-is a man who climbs Everest, never mentions it to a… — Pierre Daninos Copy Share Image
You don't play triathlon. You play soccer; it's fun. You play baseball. Triathlon is work that you can leave you crumpled in… — Chris McCormack Copy Share Image
The main thing is to be honest with yourself, know and recognize your limits and attain maximum achievement within them. I would… — Stirling Moss Copy Share Image
“Contrary to popular belief, there are peaks higher than Mount Everest. These are the hurdles that lie within each of us. Thank… — Karan Godara 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
“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
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
“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
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
“...I quickly came to understand that climbing Everest was primarily about enduring pain. And in subjecting ourselves to week after week of… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
Gradually, very gradually, we saw the great mountain sides and glaciers and aretes, now one fragment and now another through the floating… — George Leigh Mallory Copy Share Image
I am always chilled and astonished by the would-be writers who ask me for advice and admit, quite blithely, that they "don't… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
We have dominated and overruled nature, and from now on the earth is ours, a kitchen garden until we learn to make… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
Most of the planet's terrestrial surfaces are visually accessible through video cameras and satellite imagery, if not physically within reach. Even the… — Alan Huffman Copy Share Image
Meeting Australian mountaineer and author Tim Macartney-Snape when I was 16 in 1994 had a big impact on me. His ascent of… — Tim Cope Copy Share Image
“Because it's there. -George Mallory, one of the first climbers to attempt Everest, when asked why he wanted to climb it. (He… — Stephen Bezruchka Copy Share Image
...we have to surpass ourselves every day, make every day undying. Climb our own personal Everest and do it in such a… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
Whether we athletes liked it or not, the 4-minute mile had become rather like an Everest: a challenge to the human spirit,… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
The nuclear peril is usually seen in isolation from the threats to other forms of life and their ecosystems, but in fact… — Jonathan Schell Copy Share Image
I never imagined I could make it to the top of Mount Everest at age 80. This is the world's best feeling,… — Yuichiro Miura Copy Share Image
