Edmund Hillary Quotes

10 quotes from 9 authors

When you picture a daring climb, Sir Edmund Hillary’s 1953 Everest summit looms large, and these ten quotes echo the grit that drives adventurers. Voices range from mountaineers to thrill‑seekers, each reflecting on the mountain’s pull; for high‑altitude tales, see the Mountaineering Legends and Adventure Spirit pages.

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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

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You can't ride the chairlift and call yourself Edmund Hillary.

David McCullough Jr

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We're all so digital, but the '50s was the era of watches you had to wind. When Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing…

Sara Sheridan

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People are overwhelmed looking up at the Mount Everest of environmental challenges that we face. But you put one foot in front…

Ed Begley, Jr

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I've always been a big fan of the Yeti, simply because I have an affiliation to Everest - who was the New…

Rhys Darby

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I've always been a big fan of the Yeti, simply because I have an affiliation to Everest - who was the New…

Rhys Darby

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“I was just an average bloke. It was the media that tried to transform me into a heroic figure. But I've learned…

Greg Mortenson

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“Anyone who lives in her own world is crazy. Like schizophrenics, psychopaths, maniacs. I mean people who are different from others.' Like…

Paulo Coelho

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“No matter how old you are now. You are never too young or too old for success or going after what you…

Pablo

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“Seeing the name Hillary in a headline last week—a headline about a life that had involved real achievement—I felt a mouse stirring…

Christopher Hitchens

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