Because it's there. -George Mallory, one of the first…

Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb…

— John F. Kennedy

Because it's there. (when asked why he wanted to climb Everest)

— George Leigh Mallory

“She wanted to climb out of her life as if it were a seashell she could abandon on the shore and walk away from,…

— Laini Taylor

“who hadn’t at some point in his life wanted to climb to the top of a sailing ship in full flight?”

— Lev Grossman

I saw a mountain. I wanted to climb it.

— Raha Moharrak

Climbing's always been a massive hobby of mine up until, kind of, recent times when I've had family, but no, it's been a driving…

— Andy Serkis

“You’re an emotional rollercoaster, and I wanted to climb off.”

— Sylvain Reynard

Yeah, I mean, climbing's always been a massive hobby of mine up until, kind of, recent times when I've had family, but no, it's…

— Andy Serkis

There was never a question in my mind that I wanted to climb that mountain, no matter what other people said,

— Junko Tabei

“What?" I wanted to climb him like a tree.”

— Cate Tiernan

I did not set out to be a poster child for anything. I saw a mountain. I wanted to climb it.

— Raha Moharrak

To be an English person in my 20s, doing a Broadway show - it's one of the mountains I wanted to climb.

— Tom Sturridge

“I’d never felt like this, like I wanted to climb into another person’s skin.”

— Kody Keplinger

I've often thought about that and the only suitable member to join me on that climb [to Everest] was George Lowe: he was strong,…

— Edmund Hillary

Everest is how it is right now. We have to fix ropes up there; we have the commercial expeditions. If you don't like that,…

— Ueli Steck