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title: "1 Dream Great Quotes By George Leigh Mallory"
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> [Just to lie here in the sun with great white peaks all around me and the biggest glacier in Europe at my feet, to eat from time to time, to sleep a little and dream a great deal- it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/just-to-lie-here-in-the-sun-with-great-white-peaks-all-around-me-and/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

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## More by George Leigh Mallory

> [ Because it is there \[famous explanation for wanting to climb Mount Everest\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/because-it-is-there-famous-explanation-for-wanting-to-climb-mount/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

> [- Why do you want to climb Mt. Everest, Sir? - Because it is there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/why-do-you-want-to-climb-mt-everest-sir-because-it-is-there/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

> [One must conquer, achieve, get to the top; one must know the end to be convinced that one can win the end - to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/one-must-conquer-achieve-get-to-the-top-one-must-know-the-end-to-be/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

> [Why climb Mount Everest? Because it's there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/why-climb-mount-everest-because-it-s-there/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

> [How to get the best of it all? One must conquer, achieve, get to the top; one must know the end to be convinced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/how-to-get-the-best-of-it-all-one-must-conquer-achieve-get-to-the-top/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

> [The first question which you will ask and which I must try to answer is this; What is the use of climbing Mount Everest?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/the-first-question-which-you-will-ask-and-which-i-must-try-to-answer/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

> [What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of life. We do not live to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/what-we-get-from-this-adventure-is-just-sheer-joy-and-joy-is-after/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

> [The highest of the world's mountains, it seems, has to make but a single gesture of magnificence to be the lord of all, vast…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/the-highest-of-the-world-s-mountains-it-seems-has-to-make-but-a/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

> [One comes to bless the absolute bareness, feeling that here is a pure beauty of form, a kind of ultimate harmony.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/one-comes-to-bless-the-absolute-bareness-feeling-that-here-is-a-pure/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

> [Why do we travel to remote locations? To prove our adventurous spirit or to tell stories about incredible things? We do it to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/why-do-we-travel-to-remote-locations-to-prove-our-adventurous-spirit/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

> [Because it's there. (when asked why he wanted to climb Everest)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/because-it-s-there-when-asked-why-he-wanted-to-climb-everest/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

> [Gradually, very gradually, we saw the great mountain sides and glaciers and aretes, now one fragment and now another through the floating rifts, until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/gradually-very-gradually-we-saw-the-great-mountain-sides-and-glaciers/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

> [The greatest danger in life is not to take the adventure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/the-greatest-danger-in-life-is-not-to-take-the-adventure/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

> [I look back on tremendous efforts & exhaustion & dismal looking out of a tent door on to a dismal world of snow and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/i-look-back-on-tremendous-efforts-exhaustion-dismal-looking-out-of-a/)

[George Leigh Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-leigh-mallory/)

> [Mountaineers have often observed a lack of clarity in their mental state at high altitudes; it is difficult for the stupid mind to observe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-leigh-mallory/mountaineers-have-often-observed-a-lack-of-clarity-in-their-mental/)

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