I am not sure the others are as committed as Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. I think there is more business now,… — Anatoli Boukreev 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
“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'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
The sheer volume of evidence for survival after death is so immense that to ignore it is like standing at the foot… — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
When I planned to ski Everest, the first thing I faced was, 'How can I return alive?' All the preparation and training… — Yuichiro Miura 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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
“She was climbing Mount Everest and the air was invigorating and wonderful. Even if every second verged on crisis, this was part… — Jacqueline Susann Copy Share Image
People get very excited about very high elements. That's why Mount Everest is so important - it's not the most difficult mountain,… — Cesar Pelli Copy Share Image
I won't comment on what Bob Dylan said, but I will comment on his receiving the Nobel Prize, which to me is… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
“How easily such a thing can become a mania, how the most normal and sensible of women once this passion to be… — Kathryn Hurn Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I have always been fiery; I go after things. But what I learned from my mother is to step back and actually… — Kate Hudson Copy Share Image
Mountaineering helps in developing confidence and when I scaled Mt. Everest, I saw many people connecting with me which inspired me to… — Arunima Sinha Copy Share Image
I have enjoyed great satisfaction from my climb of Everest and my trips to the poles. But there's no doubt that my… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
“But there are men for whom the unattainable has a special attraction. Usually they are not experts: their ambitions and fantasies are… — Walt Unsworth Copy Share Image
Spiritual guidance needs guidance. It's like comparing walking on the ground and mountain climbing. Once you learn how to walk, you can… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
It is foolish to claim, as some do, that emigration into space offers a long-term escape from Earth's problems. Nowhere in our… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
How will we get back up?" I worried. "I have a different route in mind for our return trip." "Does it involve… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
When I meet people who say - which they do all of the time - 'I must just tell you, my great… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Everest is how it is right now. We have to fix ropes up there; we have the commercial expeditions. If you don't… — Ueli Steck Copy Share Image
My biggest love is space. I completed 800 hours' space training in Moscow and I became the world's oldest man to go… — Brian Blessed Copy Share Image
There is already a mountain of evidence that Saddam Hussein is gathering weapons for the purpose of using them. And adding additional… — Ari Fleischer Copy Share Image
I've often thought about that and the only suitable member to join me on that climb [to Everest] was George Lowe: he… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
People have become less discriminating listeners, which is tragic, really. There's a lot of emperor's new clothes out there, whether they're female… — Paula Cole Copy Share Image
For me the Everest solo was the icing on the cake of my climbs: the highest mountain in the world, during a… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
You can get a lawyer with two months off or a New York socialite who wants to play at being Lewis and… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
Self-mastery is a challenge for every individual. Only we can control our appetites and passions. Self-mastery cannot be bought by money or… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
I think my first thought on reaching the summit- of course, I was very, very pleased to be there, naturally - but… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
If you have a high-way on Everest, you don't meet the mountain. If everything is prepared, and you have a guide who… — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
Technique and ability alone do not get you to the top; it is the willpower that is the most important. This willpower… — Junko Tabei Copy Share Image
![“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, a good man on a mountain, with a great sense of humour, and I liked that. I think George and I could've done that together ... I've probably never told George that.” quote by Edmund Hillary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/165/edmund-hillary-3760_climbs_i-ve-often-thought-about-that-and-the-on_12447.jpg)
